Meaning of Pyrenees | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Pyrenees.
   alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
2. The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.
   plural, plural-only
3. A wine-producing region and local government area (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia.
   plural, plural-only

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Examples

“The Pyrénées form a chain of rocks continuing without any interruption from the ocean to the Mediterranean, and are the most considerable of Europe after the Alps.”

“The Pyrénées were only about eleven hundred meters high at the point where we were to begin the climb on foot. But already there was a lot of snow.”

“The Pyrénées, rising at their highest to just over 11,000 feet, though rather less on the western end towards Hendaye, provided a naturally magnificent backdrop. It was as though God had had second thoughts about making Spain and France such close neighbours and had shovelled the rocky Pyrénées into place to keep the two countries apart.”

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