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Béarn

American  
[bey-ahrn] / beɪˈɑrn /

noun

  1. a historic region and province in SW France, in the Pyrenees.


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Head has just moved out of his Paris flat, and bought an old house in the Béarn region of the Pyrenees which he is renovating.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2021

M. d’Espagnet could give but a few moments to this matter, having speedily to show himself in the Estates of Béarn.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet

Some dubious instances are mentioned, and the dissatisfied inquirer is passed on to the Fors de Béarn, and to Lagrèze, and is informed that M. Louis Veuillot raised an unprofitable dust upon the subject.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

In Béarn these shelving roofs are constantly to be seen.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Louisa Stuart Costello

It may be added that Béarn was an ancient province of southern France nearly corresponding to the present Department of Basses-Pyrénées.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

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