Etymology

Ouessant

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Today it means: A sheep of a certain hardy breed raised for wool. Full definition →

French Ouessant
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromOuessant“Ushant island”
  2. English todayOuessant

From French Ouessant (“Ushant island”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.