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Béarn

American  
[bey-ahrn] / beɪˈɑrn /

noun

  1. a historic region and province in SW France, in the Pyrenees.


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Head has just moved out of his Paris flat, and bought an old house in the Béarn region of the Pyrenees which he is renovating.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2021

It was agreed that one of these should fill the vacant seat of sovereignty of Béarn, and two of the prudhommes were deputed to visit their father with the proposition.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

Well," his father went on, "I have definitely applied for permission for you to purchase a legal business in Béarn.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de

Though born at Bazentin, in old Picardy, it is not less true that he descended on the paternal side from an ancient house of Béarn, whose patrimony was very modest.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

He is a sergeant, and of the regiment of Béarn.

From Fort Amity by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir