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Pyrénées-Orientales

American  
[pee-rey-ney-zaw-ree-ahn-tal] / pi reɪˈneɪ zɔ ri ɑ̃ˈtal /

noun

  1. a department in S France. 1,600 sq. mi. (4,145 sq. km). Perpignan.


Pyrénées-Orientales British  
/ pirenezɔrjɑ̃tal /

noun

  1. a department of S France, in Languedoc-Roussillon region. Capital: Perpignan. Pop: 411 447 (2003 est). Area: 4144 sq km (1616 sq miles)

"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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The Pyrénées-Orientales will become the fourth district where the drought is officially at "crisis" level.

From BBC May 5, 2023

The Pyrénées-Orientales is a department that has not known a full day of rain in over a year.

From BBC May 5, 2023

The Pyrénées-Orientales region's fire department attended the scene after receiving a call following an explosion in commercial premises, which it said subsequently set fire to the apartments above.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2022

The kerfuffle, which unfolded on Thursday in Ste.-Marie-la-Mer, a town in the southwestern area of Pyrénées-Orientales, ignited outrage on social media, and even prompted the country’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, to defend the women’s rights.

From New York Times Aug. 26, 2020

After the dust-up in Ste.-Marie-la-Mer garnered widespread media attention, the police in Pyrénées-Orientales said on Tuesday that its agents had taken a conciliatory approach when they asked the three women to cover their chests.

From New York Times Aug. 26, 2020

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