Navarre

[ nuh-vahr; French na-var ]

/ nəˈvɑr; French naˈvar /

noun

a former kingdom in SW France and N Spain.

Spanish Na·var·ra

[nah-vahr-rah] /nɑˈvɑr rɑ/.

OTHER WORDS FROM Navarre

Na·varr·i·an, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for navarre

Pamplona is a vibrant modern city that takes care to preserve the traditions of Navarre culture and cuisine.

Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull? |Clive Irving |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Creech owns four rental properties and manages 60 other vacation properties on Navarre Beach.

How It Played in the Gulf |Rick Outzen |June 16, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This event cast a gloom over the court of the queen of Navarre, from which it seems never to have entirely recovered.

A History of Caricature and Grotesque |Thomas Wright
During this period he acted as tutor to the two sons of Calignon, chancellor of Navarre.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various

The three most important regions resulting from this act were the kingdoms of Navarre, Castile, and Aragon.

A History of Spain |Charles E. Chapman
The upper part of Navarre is extremely mountainous, but it contains some useful iron-mines, and a Government foundry at Orbaiceta.

Spain |Wentworth Webster
Laddie, aged eleven, do you remember how you studied and recited "King Henry of Navarre" every poetry hour for a year?

Poems Every Child Should Know |Various

British Dictionary definitions for navarre

Navarre

/ (nəˈvɑː) /

noun

a former kingdom of SW Europe: established in the 9th century by the Basques; the parts south of the Pyrenees joined Spain in 1515 and the N parts passed to France in 1589. Capital: Pamplona Spanish name: Navarra (naˈβarra)

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