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Pyrenees en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɪɹəˌniz/ (US)
• /ˌpɪɹəˈniːz/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Pireneies, partly from Middle French Pyrenees and partly from Latin Pȳrēnaeī (montēs) (literally “Pyrenean (mountains)”), plural of Pȳrēnaeus (“Pyrenean”), from Ancient Greek Πυρηναῖος (Purēnaîos), from Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē, “Pyrene”, literally “fruit-stone”) + -αῖος (-aîos). According to mythology, Pyrene was a daughter of King Bebryx who was loved or violated by Heracles; after fleeing into the wilderness and dying, she was buried by him, and the Pyrenees were said to be named after her.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) 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.
   • The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway. 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022:
2. (plural, plural-only) A wine-producing region and local government area (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia.

Forms

Deriveds

pyreneite

Relateds

Pyrenean

Translations (50)

hy Պիրենեյներ (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · sl Pyreneji (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · eu Pirinioak (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · la Pȳrēnaeī (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · pl Pireneje (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · nn Pyreneane (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · fr monts Pyrénées (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · lv Pireneji (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · frm mont Pyrenee (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · nb Pyreneene (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · frm Pyrenees (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · sv Pyrenéerna (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · frm mons Pyrenees (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · cmn 比利牛斯山脈 /比利牛斯山脉 (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · fi Pyreneet (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · grc Πῡρηναῖᾰ ὄρη (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · tr Pireneler (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · fa پیرنه (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · uk Пірене́ї (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · frm montaignes Pyrenees (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · oc Pirenèus (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · es Pirineos (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · ka პირენეები (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · hu Pireneusok (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · de Pyrenäen (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · pt Pirenéus (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · ar البَرَانِس (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · cs Pyreneje (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · grc Πῡρήνη (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · it Pirenei (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · et Püreneed (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · cy y Pyreneau (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · lt Pirėnai (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · nl Pyreneeën (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · mk Пирине́и (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · fr Pyrénées (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · sk Pyreneje (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · da Pyrenæerne (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · pt Pireneus (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · ru Пирене́и (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · ca Pirineus (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · ro Pirinei (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · hi पिरनीज़ (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · ja ピレネー山脈 (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · eo Pireneoj (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · bg Пирене́и (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · grc Πῡρηναῖᾰ (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · ga Na Piréiní (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · af Pireneë (the mountain range separating Spain from France) · el Πυρηναία (the mountain range separating Spain from France)