Béarn

American  

[bey-ahrn] / beɪˈɑrn /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Montcalm lay intrenched at Carillon at the head of the battalions of La Sarre, Languedoc, Berry, Royal Roussillon, La Reine, Béarn, and Guienne, three thousand six hundred men in all.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon

One learns that Pau was the seat of a château of the princes of Béarn as early as the tenth century.

From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

The Earl had no sister who could take that position; and his brother’s widow, the Lady Constance d’Almayne, had preferred to return to her own home in Béarn rather than live in England.

From A Forgotten Hero Not for Him by Holt, Emily Sarah

For Béarn lies in the Midi, close to the Pyrenees; and, as I understand, the regiment of Béarn was recruited and officered almost entirely from its own province.

From Fort Amity by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir