Pamplona

[ pam-ploh-nuh; Spanish pahm-plaw-nah ]

/ pæmˈploʊ nə; Spanish pɑmˈplɔ nɑ /

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noun

a city in N Spain.

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Also Pampeluna.

Words nearby Pamplona

pamphlet, pamphleteer, pamphletize, pamphrey, Pamphylia, Pamplona, pampoen, pampootie, pamprodactylous, Pamuk, Pamyat

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How to use Pamplona in a sentence

Physicists from Argentina and Spain have studied the pedestrian dynamics at the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona.
What physics can teach us about Pamplona’s annual running of the bulls|Jennifer Ouellette|December 17, 2021|Ars Technica
This is an Americanized version of the famed Running with the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.
Chicago’s Running of the Bulls|Hampton Stevens|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the car on the way, there was a story on the radio of a goring in Pamplona.
Chicago’s Running of the Bulls|Hampton Stevens|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We knew there was a good a modern road through a pass to Pamplona, but that had not existed in 1925.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By the time he arrived in Pamplona in 1923 it had been going on for four centuries.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pamplona is a vibrant modern city that takes care to preserve the traditions of Navarre culture and cuisine.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From Pamplona two roads diverged to Burgos, the ancient Castilian capital.
The History of England|T.F. Tout
Defensive armour, chiefly of a highly decorative kind, was made all through this century at the capital of Navarre, Pamplona.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume I (of 3)|Leonard Williams
This ought to have made them fight the more desperately, to enable them to get off the better by the Pamplona road.
Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade|William Surtees
We encamped on the Pamplona side of Villaba, distant from the former about one mile and a half.
Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade|William Surtees
One day, after much hesitation, the Marquis sold him to the plaza of Pamplona and attended the bull-fight.
The Blood of the Arena|Vicente Blasco Ibez

British Dictionary definitions for Pamplona

Pamplona

/ (pæmˈpləʊnə, Spanish pamˈplona) /

noun

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)Former name: Pampeluna

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