The Gabrantovices were a conjectural group of Ancient

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inhabiting the coast of what is now

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. They may have been a sub-tribe or

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of the Brigantes or of the Parisi. As with their proposed neighbours, the

Lopocares The Lopocares were a conjectural group of Ancient Britons inhabiting the area around Corbridge in Northumberland, Northeast England. They may have been a sub-tribe or sept of the Brigantes. The Lopocares are not directly attested in any records: t ...

, the Gabrantovices are not directly attested: the name is taken from

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

's name ''Γαβραντουικων Ευλιμενος Κολπος'', or in Latin ''Gabrantvicvm Sinus'' — the Gabrantovician Harbour. This is identified with modern

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Bay or

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Bay. The meaning of the name has been discussed as deriving from one of two Celtic roots, either *''gabro-'' meaning a goat (Welsh ''gafr'') or *''gabranto-'' meaning "riding a horse" with second element meaning "fight", so "Goat warriors" or "Cavalry warriors". K Jackson, Journal of Roman Studies XXXVIII (1948), 57

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