Rennes

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    The capital city of Ille-et-Vilaine department, France; the capital city of the region of Brittany.

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"Bernadette was born in Rennes in 1909."

Etymology

From French Rennes, from Old French Resnes, Rednes, from Latin Rēdonēs. Doublet of Redones.

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