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Tarbes

American  
[tarb] / tarb /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.


Tarbes British  
/ tarb /

noun

  1. a town in SW France: noted for the breeding of Anglo-Arab horses. Pop: 46 275 (1999)

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Brigadier Lanckbeen served with the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment based in Tarbes, and was deployed as part of Operation Sentinelle, a long-running domestic security operation.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

A logo of Alstom is seen at the Alstom's plant in Semeac near Tarbes, France, February 15, 2019.

From Reuters • Dec. 10, 2021

Cenac also cooks a humus made of Haricots Tarbais, the famous white beans discovered in South America that were imported in the Tarbes region in the 18th century.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2019

The following morning Brailsford said he would prefer to focus his attention on the day’s stage from Tarbes to the hill-top finish at Pierre Saint Martin but the genie was out of the bottle.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2015

While issuing the brief under compulsion, he said precisely the opposite in his communication with the French Ambassador, the Bishop of Tarbes.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.