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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s a rescue mutt, and I like to joke he’s part Pyrenees, part psychopath.

From Los Angeles Times

There have also been snowstorms in the Spanish Pyrenees and storms along the coast of Menorca, causing waves several metres high.

From BBC

The earliest confirmed cases came from five frogs of the species Alytes obstetricans collected in 1915 in the Pyrenees region of France.

From Science Daily

On the road rising to the Pyrenees, we stop at a posada, a roadside inn where strings of chorizo and peppers hang like wind chimes above the bar.

From Salon