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

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Example Sentences

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Pyrenees

The forest between Bordeaux and a line of majestic sand dunes on the Atlantic is the largest in France, far bigger than any in the Alps or Pyrenees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

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

A British woman has died after falling from a mountain while hiking in the Pyrenees near the Spain-France border.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

I told him to take the flowers of the Pyrenees away and bring me a vieux marc.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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