funny i had just changed that bretagne doesn't mean 'little britain' afaik but it was called that by the british settlers in the early middle ages or it might be that those british used a term meaning 'little britain' which the french then adopted and which then changed to 'bretagne' over time i wouldn't be surprised after all we're talking years ago and words can change a lot over such a long time come to think of it it's quite surprising that the words 'britain' and 'bretagne' are still so much alike