Midi-Pyrénées

British

/ midipirene /

noun

a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east

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The Midi-Pyrénées Skydiving School Association, which employed the pilot, has been fined 20,000 euros.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

"It does not mean indeed that they were carnivores anywhere," Klervia Jaouen, PhD, the corresponding author of the study and a scientist at France's Géosciences Environnement Toulouse at the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, told Salon by email.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2022

The French village they wind up in is the almost obscenely picturesque Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, in the Midi-Pyrénées, and the wavering mayor this time is Michel Blanc.

From Time • Aug. 7, 2014

Almon didn’t discover how to work in tole, however, until she bought a French village house in the Midi-Pyrénées region in 1998 with her second husband, Thierry Job, a sculptor.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2013

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