historical region in SW France, in the Pyrenees
Béarn
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A historical region and former province of southwest France in the western Pyrenees. The region was autonomous until 1620.
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Proper noun
- 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 ('Lower Pyrenees')
Origin
From French Béarn.
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