Save Type Settlement Usage Italian, English, Catalan, French, Polish, Romanian, Sicilian, Spanish, Turkish Pronounced Pron. BREH-sha(Italian) BREH-shə(English) BRESH-ya(Polish) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Latin Brixia, itself probably from a Gaulish or Celtic root denoting a hill. This is the name of a city in northern Italy.