Béarn

See also: bearn, Bearn, beàrn, and Bèarn

English

Etymology

From French Béarn.

Proper noun

Béarn

1. (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

• béarnaise

Translations

former viscounty

• Catalan: Bearn
• Dutch: Béarn
• French: Béarn (fr)

• German: Béarn
• Spanish: Bearne m

Anagrams

• Abner, Baren, Beran, NBAer, Naber, baren, benar, brane

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Dutch

Proper noun

Béarn n

1. The Béarn region in the French Pyrenees

Related terms

• béarnaise (béarnaisesaus)

Anagrams

• baren

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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

1. The Béarn region in the French Pyrenees

   Pau est la capitale du Béarn

   Pau is the capital city of Béarn

Derived terms

• Béarnais m
• béarnais m & adjective
• sauce béarnaise, béarnaise

References

• Malpas, Jeff (2015): The Intelligence of Place: Topographies and Poetics, Bloomsbury Publishing

Anagrams

• berna

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German

Proper noun

Béarn

1. Béarn (region in the Pyrenees, France)

Related terms

• Béarnaise