Biarritz

[ bee-uh-rits; French bya-reets ]

/ ˈbi əˌrɪts; French byaˈrits /

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noun

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

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How to use Biarritz in a sentence

By the way, a mint condition 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible can now sell for as much as $350,000.
Nationalism on Four Wheels|Clive Irving|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The idle rich had driven down from Biarritz with their uniformed chauffeurs.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You met him at Biarritz six months ago, and on Monday last he lunched with you up at Monifieth.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
Compound engines of this kind have been used on the French line of railroad from Bayonne to Biarritz.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston

I shall write to you when we are at Biarritz or some other place that suits us, and when I have something good to tell.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot
But the gulf of Gascony, from Cordouan to Biarritz, is just one long maritime contradiction, one enigma of mighty strifes.
The Sea|Jules Michelet
Whether it was made direct from the melodramatic text of "Biarritz" is doubtful.
The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs|Lucien Wolf

British Dictionary definitions for Biarritz

Biarritz

/ (ˈbɪərɪts, bɪəˈrɪts, French bjarits) /

noun

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)

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