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Pyrénées

Pyrénées is the alternative spelling of Pyrenees.

Meaning of Pyrenees

Proper noun

the Pyrenees pl (plural only)

  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...
  2. (plural, plural-only) A wine-producing region and local government area (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia.

Questions about Pyrénées

What is Pyrénées the alternative spelling of?
Pyrénées is the alternative spelling of Pyrenees.

Words near Pyrénées in the dictionary

  1. pyruvyl
  2. pyruvyls
  3. pyrvinium
  4. pyrylium
  5. pyryliums
  6. Pyrénées
  7. Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  8. Pyrénées-Orientales
  9. pys
  10. pysane
  11. pysanka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pyrénées (page history and authors); Pyrenees (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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