Navarre

[nuh-vahr, na-var]

noun

1. a former kingdom in SW France and N Spain.

Navarre

/ nəˈvɑː /

noun

1. Spanish name: Navarra. a former kingdom of SW Europe: established in the 9th century by the Basques; the parts south of the Pyrenees joined Spain in 1515 and the N parts passed to France in 1589. Capital: Pamplona

Other Word Forms

• Navarrian adjective

Example Sentences

The party secretary, from the northern region of Navarre, was a trusted confidant of the prime minister, playing a crucial role, for example, in negotiating the support of Catalan nationalists to allow the formation of a new government in 2023.

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Political resistance has meant that the legislation is so far only being implemented in the northern regions of the Basque Country, Navarre and Catalonia, and its success is open to debate.

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Ananda Zeas-Sigüenza, a Ph.D. student at the Public University of Navarre who encountered problematic papers when conducting a systematic review about interventions to prevent loneliness, says the experience has left her questioning a career in academic research.

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Elsewhere in Spain, there are also claims by the regions of Navarre and Castilla La Mancha to Columbus’s provenance.

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He was born Navarre Scott Mammedaty, in Lawton, Oklahoma, and was a member of the Kiowa Nation.

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