Why is it die Bretagne?

Bretagne ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Region in northwestern France

[1] Region im Nordwesten Frankreichs

[2] largest peninsula in France

[2] größte Halbinsel Frankreichs

Examples

[1] We drive to Brittetagnea in summer

[1] Wir fahren im Sommer in die Bretagne.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Bretagne —
Genitiv der Bretagne —
Dativ der Bretagne —
Akkusativ die Bretagne —

Pronunciation

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