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Béarn

American  
[bay-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

Montcalm himself took command of the centre, at the head of the regiment of Languedoc, supported by the battalion of Béarn.

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

Marguerite's influence was now insufficient to protect him, and the poet fled first to Béarn and then to Ferrara.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

You are not ignorant, Sir Raymond, that our laws accord to all men of Béarn the right of combat against the aggressor who has outraged him by the injurious epithets of false and traitor.

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

The palace of the Louvre became rich in the spoils of Béarn: tapestry, pictures, furniture, objects of virtu of all kinds were borne away, and nothing left in its original place.

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

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