Pyrenees

American  

[pir-uh-neez] / ˈpɪr əˌniz /

plural noun

1. a mountain range between Spain and France. Highest peak, Pic de Néthou, 11,165 feet (3,400 meters).

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Pyrenees British  

/ ˌpɪrəˈniːz /

plural noun

1. 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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Pyrenees Cultural  

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Pyrenean
  adjective
• sub-Pyrenean
  adjective
• trans-Pyrenean
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Pyrenees

They were on holiday in the Pyrenees when they learned their house was gone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Authorities in the Aude department in south-west France cancelled the third stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race in the area after a hailstorm in the French Pyrenees forced riders to seek shelter.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

In France, officials announced that Monday's third stage of the Tour de France cycling race through the Pyrenees would take place without spectators who normally line the routes of the storied competition.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

High in the eastern Pyrenees, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that could transform our understanding of how prehistoric people used mountain landscapes.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

Picasso got out of Paris every summer, and this time he’d rented a house in the Pyrenees, the mountain range between France and Spain.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day