Roncesvalles

[ ron-suh-valz; Spanish rawn-thes-vah-lyes ]

/ ˈrɒn səˌvælz; Spanish ˌrɔn θɛsˈvɑ lyɛs /

noun

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

French Ronce·vaux

[rawns-voh] /rɔ̃sˈvoʊ/.

Example sentences from the Web for roncesvalles

The memory of Roncesvalles haunts him on his death-bed, and at the moment of death he has a vision of Roland.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 |Various
His tomb and his bones must be sought elsewhere now, with those of many other of the knights who fell at Roncesvalles' fight.

Barn and the Pyrenees |Louisa Stuart Costello
Ganelon, the knight through whose treachery the defeat of Charlemagne at Roncesvalles was brought about.

La Lgende des Sicles |Victor Hugo
He went away to the wars, and during his absence, a false report came back that he was killed at Roncesvalles.

Down the Rhine |Oliver Optic

The second assumes a more heroic tone, and tells in truly thrilling verse the tale of Roncesvalles.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for roncesvalles

Roncesvalles

/ (ˈrɒnsəˌvælz, Spanish rɔnθesˈβaʎes) /

noun

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 French name: Roncevaux (rɔ̃svo)

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