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Tarbes

American  
[tarb] / tarb /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.


Tarbes British  
/ tarb /

noun

  1. a town in SW France: noted for the breeding of Anglo-Arab horses. Pop: 46 275 (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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Brigadier Lanckbeen served with the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment based in Tarbes, and was deployed as part of Operation Sentinelle, a long-running domestic security operation.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

A logo of Alstom is seen at the Alstom's plant in Semeac near Tarbes, France, February 15, 2019.

From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2021

Local chef Jean-Pierre Cenac, a restaurant owner in the Tarbes valley since 1964, cooked the delicatessen on display.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2019

Junior prominence: Tiafoe first gained international attention when he won the 2012 Les Petits As, a prestigious 14-and-under tournament in Tarbes, France.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2017

His birth-year was 1811, and he was a native of Tarbes in Gascony.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

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