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Béarn
[ bey-ahrn ]
noun
- a historic region and province in SW France, in the Pyrenees.
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We are nearing the Pyrenees now, and entering the ancient and famous province of Béarn, once a noted centre of mediæval chivalry.
And this active province of Béarn kept pace; it opened quickly to the new influences, was alive to the changing zeitgeist.
The first time it happened was on a night following a day when he had hunted a wonderfully large bear in the woods of Béarn.
As France and Béarn seldom quarreled, Bigorre should have been a peaceful neighbor.
Gaston of Béarn picked a quarrel with John Botetort, and they fought it out with daggers in the fosse.
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