Basses-Pyrénées

/ (French bɑspirene) /

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pl n

the former name for Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Words nearby Basses-Pyrénées

bass drum, Bassein, Basse-Normandie, Bassenthwaite, Basses-Alpes, Basses-Pyrénées, basset, basse-taille, Basseterre, basset horn, basset table

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How to use Basses-Pyrénées in a sentence

Hemingway and his first wife Hadley went from the Basque country to Pamplona over the Pyrenees by bus.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The two women crossed the Pyrenees by foot, ending up in a Spanish jail before being rescued by friends.
At U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Anniversary, One Survivor’s Quest Continues|Sandra McElwaine|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He was the fourth son of a peasant proprietor of Lectourne, a little town on the slopes of the Pyrenees.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
There are several magnificent tenors and violoncellos, and perhaps three or four double basses.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce

Incessantly fighting for fifteen days in his retreat towards the Pyrenees, he lost three thousand more of his men.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
His immediate recompense was the post of general of brigade in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
He was, for this reason, at once elected lieutenant-colonel of the volunteer legion of the Pyrenees.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison