Roncesvalles

American  

[ron-suh-valz, rawn-thes-vah-lyes] / ˈrɒn səˌvælz, ˌrɔn θɛsˈvɑ lyɛs /

noun

1. a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.

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Roncesvalles British  

/ ˈrɒnsəˌvælz, rɔnθesˈβaʎes /

noun

1. French name: Roncevaux.  a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: a nearby pass was the scene of the defeat of Charlemagne and death of Roland in 778

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Example Sentences

Ahead of our return to the city, we drive back up the ridge, back through Burguete, the inn still shuttered, and up to Roncesvalles, where the old monastery looms like a sentinel over the pass.

From Salon

Cardona, who managed the Andean Parrot Reserve of Roncesvalles in the center of the Tres Cordilleras mountain range in western Colombia, labored for 20 years to save the endangered yellow-eared parrot.

From Washington Post

Cortés, of ProAves, and a small team traveled to Roncesvalles in search of the bird.

From Washington Post

There were two beds, a washstand, a clothes-chest, and a big, framed steel-engraving of Nuestra Señora de Roncesvalles.

From Literature

We walked back down the road from Roncesvalles with Harris between us.

From Literature