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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)

"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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“Many Americans come and there are many love stories,” said Spanish government spokeswoman Elma Saiz Delgado, whose hometown of Pamplona brings in Americans who know it from the annual bullrunning festival chronicled by Ernest Hemingway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

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

For now, we have one more Pamplona thing to do.

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 said it had been a very pleasant race, and would have been worth watching if Bottechia had not abandoned it at Pamplona.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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