Béarn
English
Proper noun
Béarn
- (historical) A former viscounty in the southwestern French Pyrenees, which became part of the French royal domain before it was united with the French crown, together with Navarra, as a single feudal province of the French realm.
- Béarn and the (Basque) region Lower Navarre formed the present département of the Basses-Pyrenées.
Related terms
Dutch
Related terms
- béarnaise (béarnaisesaus)
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Beneharnum, corruption of Benarni, Vernarni, Gaulish pronunciation of an Aquitanian/Basque tribe in southwest France.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.aʁn/
Proper noun
Béarn m
References
- Malpas, Jeff (2015): The Intelligence of Place: Topographies and Poetics, Bloomsbury Publishing
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