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Pamplona

American  
[pam-ploh-nuh, pahm-plaw-nah] / pæmˈploʊ nə, pɑmˈplɔ nɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Spain.


Pamplona British  
/ pamˈplona, pæmˈpləʊnə /

noun

  1. Former name: Pampeluna.  a city in N Spain in the foothills of the Pyrenees: capital of the kingdom of Navarre from the 11th century until 1841. Pop: 190 937 (2003 est)

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Alvaro Arbeloa's Real Madrid put on a below-par performance in Pamplona and fell behind to an Ante Budimir penalty, before Vinicius Junior pulled the visitors level.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

This is Pamplona without the need for bulls and a triage nurse, a kinder tradition that precedes Hemingway by a century, one he saw as pure joy.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Like the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, the momentum of markets can run over the weak and meek disbelievers as we climb that wall of worry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

He and Jake leave Paris to fish in the Pyrenees and watch bullfights in Pamplona, where tensions among the expatriates explode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Behind them marched all the members of the dancing and drinking societies of Pamplona, Estella, Tafalla, and Sanguesa who could stay over for the funeral.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway