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Bâle-Ville
proper noun
Basel-Stadt (a canton of Switzerland)
Bâlois
noun, masculine
Basler
Béa
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Béatrice, equivalent to English Bea
Béarn
proper noun
Béarn (a geographic area and former province in the current Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Occitania, France); a municipality of Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Quebec, Canada
Béarnais
noun, masculine/feminine
an inhabitant or descendant of the population of the Béarn region in the French Pyrenees
Béatrice
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice
Béatrix
proper noun
a female given name
Bébryce
proper noun
Bebryx (a king of the Bebryces, father of Pyrene)
Bébryce
noun, masculine/feminine
any member of the Bebryces
Bébrycie
proper noun
Bebrycia (the land of the Bebryces in Anatolia, later known as Bithynia)
Bébé Doc
proper noun
nickname for Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician and 35th President of Haiti
Bécancour
proper noun
Bécancour (a city, the seat of Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada); Bécancour (a regional county municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada)
Béchamp
proper noun
a surname
Béchard
proper noun
a surname
Bédard
proper noun
a surname, Bedard
Bédouin
noun, masculine
Bedouin
Bégin
proper noun
a surname
Béguin
proper noun
a surname
Béjaïa
proper noun
Bejaia (a city and commune of Béjaïa province, Algeria)
Béland
proper noun
a surname, Beland
Bélanger
proper noun
a surname
Bélarus
proper noun
Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
Bélial
proper noun
Belial
Bélier
proper noun
Aries (constellation); Aries (star sign)
Bélier
noun, masculine
Aries (someone with an Aries star sign)
Bélisaire
proper noun
Belisarius (a general of the Byzantine Empire)
Bélisle
proper noun
Belisle: a surname
Béliveau
proper noun
a surname, Beliveau
Bélize
proper noun
Belize (an English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras)
Bélizien
noun, masculine
a Belizean, member or descendant of the people of Belize, either the former British Honduras or the city it was renamed after
Bénard
proper noun
a surname
Bénin
proper noun
Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Béninois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Benin
Bénédicte
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Benoît, equivalent to English Benedicta
Bénélux
proper noun
Benelux
Béotie
proper noun
Boeotia (a historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism)
Bérabich
noun, masculine
Berber
Bérangère
proper noun
a female given name, variant of Bérengère
Bérenger
proper noun
a male given name, feminine equivalent Bérengère, equivalent to English Berengar
Bérengère
proper noun
a female given name
Bérubé
proper noun
a surname, common in Quebec
Béryte
proper noun
Berytus
Bérytien
noun, masculine
Berytian
Bérée
proper noun
Beroea (an ancient city in Syria; modern Aleppo); Beroea (an ancient city in northern Greece; modern Veria)
Bérégovoy
proper noun
a surname from Russian
Bérénice
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Berenice
Bételgeuse
proper noun
Betelgeuse (supergiant)
Béthanie
proper noun
Bethany
Bétrancourt
proper noun
a surname
Bézier
proper noun
a French surname
Béziers
proper noun
Béziers (a city in Hérault department, Occitania, France)
C
noun, feminine
abbreviation of cavalier (“knight”): N
C-level
noun, masculine/feminine
C-level
C.
noun, feminine
b-d, bd, BD (bass drum)
C.-B.
proper noun
abbreviation of Colombie-Britannique (“British Columbia”): BC
C.Bon.
noun, masculine
C.Bon. (contrabassoon)
C.Bssn.
noun, masculine
C.Bssn. (contrabassoon)
C1
proper noun
the UEFA Champions League
C2
proper noun
the defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999)
C3
proper noun
the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup (1971-2009))