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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

The 22-year-old will be looking to shine again as fourth-placed Villarreal travel to Pamplona.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

With the pleasure of having an exact moment from the novel, we bid goodbye to Pamplona and hop a train.

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 was coming back in three weeks and we would leave for Spain to get in some fishing and go to the fiesta at Pamplona.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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