Bree
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Bree may refer to:
Fiction
- Bree, a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Among other things, the fellowship acquires a pony there.
- Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah (Bree for short), a talking fictional horse from the Narnia novel The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis. In the German translation the horse is named Brio.
Given that Lewis and Tolkien frequently discussed their work-in-progress with each other, the similarity of these two names is probably not coincidental. - Bree Van De Kamp, a character in the television series Desperate Housewives
Municipality
Surnames
- Bree, a surname originating in the Channel Islands off the coast of France. The name appears first in the early 1500's as Braye. The name evolved into Brée, and the accent was later dropped by many families. Its origin prior to its appearance in the Channel Islands is uncertain.
- Bree, a surname common to the province of Ulster in Ireland and to County Sligo in the province of Connacht. Famous Brees include Andrew Bree.
There is no documented connection between the Brees of Ireland the Brees of the Channel Islands, though there has been much speculation.
Bree was ranked 52688 in a survey of frequency of surnames in the 1990 United States federal census.