Taunus Mountains

American  

[tou-nuhs, tou-noos] / ˈtaʊ nəs, ˈtaʊ nʊs /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a mountain range in W Germany, bounded by the Rhine, Main, and Lahn river valleys. Highest peak, Grosser Feldberg. 2,628 feet (801 meters).

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Example Sentences

The next day General Grant drove to Homburg, fifteen miles, and thence four miles farther to Saalburg, the site of an ancient Roman fortification on the Taunus Mountains.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

HOMBURG-VOR-DER-H�HE, a town and watering-place of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, prettily situated at the south-east foot of the Taunus Mountains, 12 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

The city lies under the southern slope of the Taunus Mountains, the rocky recesses of which conceal the mysteries of its thermal springs.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

The balconies and windows of the hotel afforded fine views of the river and of the Taunus Mountains.

From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah

Perhaps you may see them if you ever come across this spot in your excursions to the Taunus Mountains.

From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret