Mulhacén

American

[mool-ah-then] / ˌmul ɑˈθɛn /

noun

a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3,478 meters).

Mulhacén British

/ mulaˈθen /

noun

a mountain in S Spain, in the Sierra Nevada: the highest peak in Spain. Height: 3478 m (11 410 ft)

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Each year he climbs the Mulhacén, Spain’s highest mountain, just outside his hometown.

From New York Times

A crisis arose in 1462, when an endeavour to control the Abencerrages resulted in the dethronement of Abu Nasr Saad, and the accession of his son, Muley Abu’l Hassan, whose name is preserved in that of Mulhacen, the loftiest peak of the Sierra Nevada, and in a score of legends.

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