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Biarritz

American  
[bee-uh-rits, bya-reets] / ˈbi əˌrɪts, bjaˈrits /

noun

  1. a city in southwestern France, on the Bay of Biscay: luxury seaside tourist destination.


Biarritz British  
/ ˈbɪərɪts, bɪəˈrɪts, bjarits /

noun

  1. a town in SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: famous resort, patronized by Napoleon III and by Queen Victoria and Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland. Pop: 30 055 (1999)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The entire Southwest, including cities such as Bordeaux and Biarritz, offers amazing food, great wine tours, and sandy beaches without the crowds and expensive restaurants of the Riviera.

From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026

ChatGPT provided him with an itinerary that had him on a plane from Paris to Biarritz, France, before his flight from New York to Paris had even landed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025

He grew up in Bidart, France, and trained at a hotel school in Biarritz before moving to the UK to manage hotels.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025

The house had changed hands only a few times since: The woman from whom he purchased it was among the last ladies in Biarritz to travel by horse and cart.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

The fiesta absorbed even the Biarritz English so that you did not see them unless you passed close to a table.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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