Pyrenees
a mountain range between Spain and France. Highest peak, Pic de Néthou, 11,165 feet (3,400 meters).
Other words from Pyrenees
- Pyr·e·ne·an, adjective
- sub-Pyr·e·ne·an, adjective
- trans-Pyr·e·ne·an, adjective
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How to use Pyrenees in a sentence
Andorra is a small country known for its ski areas that is nestled between Spain and France in the Pyrenees.
Andorra lawmakers extend civil marriage equality to same-sex couples | Michael K. Lavers | July 21, 2022 | Washington BladeThe Tour de France Femmes noticeably sidesteps the iconic climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees, and it also skips an individual time trial, which is a mainstay in the men’s race.
There’s Finally a Legitimate Tour de France for Women | Fred Dreier | October 15, 2021 | Outside OnlineAt the Fuji Park Evacuation Center, about six miles from Carson City Community Center, Dan Barosko and his 138-pound Pyrenees dog Lilie evacuated from his home in South Lake Tahoe on Monday afternoon.
Devastating Caldor Fire continues to burn toward Lake Tahoe, forcing thousands to evacuate | Ally Gravina, Diana Leonard | August 31, 2021 | Washington PostWith Franco in power, and still facing reprisals, he fled into exile in Pamiers, France, close to the Pyrenees mountain region near the Spanish border.
Josep Almudéver Mateu, last-known survivor of the International Brigades who fought Franco, dies at 101 | Phil Davison | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostHemingway and his first wife Hadley went from the Basque country to Pamplona over the Pyrenees by bus.
The two women crossed the Pyrenees by foot, ending up in a Spanish jail before being rescued by friends.
At U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Anniversary, One Survivor’s Quest Continues | Sandra McElwaine | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was the fourth son of a peasant proprietor of Lectourne, a little town on the slopes of the Pyrenees.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonIncessantly fighting for fifteen days in his retreat towards the Pyrenees, he lost three thousand more of his men.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.His immediate recompense was the post of general of brigade in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHe was, for this reason, at once elected lieutenant-colonel of the volunteer legion of the Pyrenees.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThis alliance was invented by Spain, which will never renounce its project of destroying the boundary of the Pyrenees.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for Pyrenees
/ (ˌpɪrəˈniːz) /
a mountain range between France and Spain, extending from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean. Highest peak: Pico de Aneto, 3404 m (11 168 ft)
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Cultural definitions for Pyrenees
[ (pir-uh-neez) ]
Mountain chain in southwestern Europe, between France and Spain, extending from the Bay of Biscay on the west to the Mediterranean Sea on the east.
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