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Pau

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Pau  (p)
A city of southwest France in the foothills of the Pyrenees south of Bordeaux. It is a year-round tourist center noted for its scenery and winter sports. Population: 82,500.
PAU
abbr.
Pan American Union
Pau (French) [po]
n
(Placename) a city in SW France: residence of the French kings of Navarre; tourist centre for the Pyrenees. Pop.: 82 157 (1990)
PAU
abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Pan American Union
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I don't envy Emily; I only wish--" She pau sed in confusion, and opened her fan.
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The whole vast plain of Gascony and of Languedoc is an arid and profitless expanse in winter save where the swift-flowing Adour and her snow-fed tributaries, the Louts, the Oloron and the Pau, run down to the sea of Biscay.
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