Pamplona

[ pam-ploh-nuh; Spanish pahm-plaw-nah ]

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noun

Pamplona

/ pamˈplona; pæmˈpləʊnə /

a city in N Spain in the foothills of the Pyrenees: capital of the kingdom of Navarre from the 11th century until 1841. Pop: 190 937 (2003 est) Former namePampeluna

This is an Americanized version of the famed Running with the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.

In the car on the way, there was a story on the radio of a goring in Pamplona.

We knew there was a good a modern road through a pass to Pamplona, but that had not existed in 1925.

By the time he arrived in Pamplona in 1923 it had been going on for four centuries.

Pamplona is a vibrant modern city that takes care to preserve the traditions of Navarre culture and cuisine.

From Pamplona two roads diverged to Burgos, the ancient Castilian capital.

Defensive armour, chiefly of a highly decorative kind, was made all through this century at the capital of Navarre, Pamplona.

This ought to have made them fight the more desperately, to enable them to get off the better by the Pamplona road.

We encamped on the Pamplona side of Villaba, distant from the former about one mile and a half.

One day, after much hesitation, the Marquis sold him to the plaza of Pamplona and attended the bull-fight.

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