Basses-Pyrénées
Britishplural noun
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French frontier town on the Bay of Biscay in the Basses-Pyrénées, known for the manufacture of a liqueur of the same name.
From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest
BIZANOS.—A village below Pau, on the Gave, in the Basses-Pyrénées, on the direct road to Lourdes.
From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest
The witches of the Basses-Pyrénées, 1609, anointed themselves before starting, and repeated the words 'Emen hetan, emen hetan', which de Lancre translates 'Ici et là, ici et là'.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice
BÉTHARRAM.—A pleasantly-situated village in the Basses-Pyrénées, once a favourite pilgrimage.
From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest
SALIES.—A town on the river of same name, in the Basses-Pyrénées, 10 miles from Orthez, the nearest station.
From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest
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