Pyrenees

[ pir-uh-neez ]

/ ˈpɪr əˌniz /

a mountain range between Spain and France. Highest peak, Pic de Néthou, 11,165 feet (3400 meters).

OTHER WORDS FROM Pyrenees

Pyr·e·ne·an, adjective sub-Pyr·e·ne·an, adjective trans-Pyr·e·ne·an, adjective

This authentic anecdote brought us to that portion of the valley in which we enter really into the Pyrenean hills.

Claret and Olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone |Angus B. Reach
It was not a very fat mule, however, but raw-boned and gaunt as a Pyrenean wolf.

Bruin |Mayne Reid
I cannot conceive what Humboldt's Pyrenean violet is: no such is mentioned in Webb, and no alpine one at all.

More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II |Charles Darwin
His last entertainment before I saw him was given in one of the Pyrenean cities, and produced 2,000 francs.

Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist |Samuel Smiles

It was only a bird, after all, and no great thing in comparison with the eagles of his own Pyrenean heights.

The Haunters of the Silences |Charles G. D. Roberts

Pyrenean

/ (ˌpɪrəˈniːən) /

of or relating to the Pyrenees or their inhabitants

Pyrenees

/ (ˌpɪrəˈniːz) /

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)

Pyrenees

[ (pir-uh-neez) ]

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.