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.

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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)

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • May 5, 2023

France's Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu said that Pyrénées-Orientales, which borders Spanish Catalonia, will be officially declared at drought "crisis" level from 10 May.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

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

From BBC • May 5, 2023

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

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