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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

It was agreed that one of these should fill the vacant seat of sovereignty of Béarn, and two of the prudhommes were deputed to visit their father with the proposition.

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

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)

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 Michelet, Jules

His name is à Clive, and he is of the regiment of Béarn.

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

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