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Adour

American  
[uh-door, ah-door] / əˈdʊər, ɑˈdur /

noun

  1. a river in SW France, flowing N from the Pyrenees and then W to the Bay of Biscay. 210 miles (338 km) long.


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The Nive and the Adour meet beneath our feet.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Vegetation within the circles can sometimes be suppressed, notes Isabelle Moretti, a geologist at the University of Pau and the Adour Region who has documented hydrogen seeping from fairy circles in Brazil, Namibia, and Australia.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 15, 2023

Lisa Giffen, the chef and a partner, worked at Blue Hill, Daniel and Adour Alain Ducasse.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2015

In a sort of ham homage, the leaders of modern-day France designated the basin of the Adour River near the Spanish border as the exclusive realm of Bayonne Ham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2014

How rurally all things surrounded the serpentine field-embracing Adour.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul