navarre

noun

1. a former kingdom in SW France and N Spain.

noun

1. 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: PamplonaSpanish name: Navarra (naˈβarra)

a pre-Latin name, probably based on Basque nava “plain,” despite the region’s mountainous topography.