Biarritz

[ bee-uh-rits; French bya-reets ]

noun

1. a city in southwestern France, on the Bay of Biscay: luxury seaside tourist destination.

Biarritz

/ ˈbɪərɪts; bɪəˈrɪts; bjarits /

noun

1. a town in SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: famous resort, patronized by Napoleon III and by Queen Victoria and Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland. Pop: 30 055 (1999)

Example Sentences

Vandendriessche, 48, grew up in southern France, in the coastal resort town of Biarritz.

From Los Angeles Times

When the French gallerist Yves Gastou bought the Ermitage de Douce-amie — or refuge of a sweet friend — a follylike crenelated castle on the outskirts of Biarritz in southwest France, in 1990, it had the air of a place frozen in time.

From New York Times

The house had changed hands only a few times since: The woman from whom he purchased it was among the last ladies in Biarritz to travel by horse and cart.

From New York Times

Queen Victoria bought Sandringham for her eldest son, Edward, in 1862, largely in hopes that becoming a country gentleman would keep the playboy prince out of trouble in the nightspots of London, Paris, Monte Carlo and Biarritz.

From Seattle Times

In terms of identifying with a player, though, I have played football my whole life and I love it - to the point I organise a snowboarders' World Cup in the June off-season in Biarritz.

From BBC