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Taunus Mountains

American  
[tou-nuhs, tou-noos] / ˈtaʊ nəs, ˈtaʊ nʊs /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a mountain range in W Germany, bounded by the Rhine, Main, and Lahn river valleys. Highest peak, Grosser Feldberg. 2,628 feet (801 meters).


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A long unbroken flat, intersected here and there by stunted willows, traversed by a narrow earth road, lay between the Rhine and the Taunus Mountains, in the midst of which stood the village of 'Ettenheim.'

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James

Perhaps you may see them if you ever come across this spot in your excursions to the Taunus Mountains.

From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret

As you walk down this steep rocky incline, the Taunus Mountains rise up grand and high in ever-changing panorama.

From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret

It lies in a beautiful country among the spurs of the Taunus Mountains, and is known among us in Russia for its waters, which are supposed to be beneficial to people with weak lungs.

From The Torrents of Spring by Garnett, Constance

The next day General Grant drove to Homburg, fifteen miles, and thence four miles farther to Saalburg, the site of an ancient Roman fortification on the Taunus Mountains.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

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