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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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To better understand why some populations recover while others continue to collapse, researchers studied common midwife toads living around four lakes in the Pyrenees of France and Spain that had all experienced severe Bd outbreaks.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

On Monday over 10,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the foothills of the French Pyrenees.

From BBC Jul. 12, 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

Sánchez irritated European allies last year by saying Russian troops were unlikely to reach the Pyrenees.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 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

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