Pyrenees

Pyrénées English Alternative forms en Pyrénées Etymology From en enm Pireneies, partly from en frm Pyrenees and partly from en la Pȳrēnaeī montēs Pȳrēnaeī (montēs) Pyrenean (mountains),n 1226900058 plural of la Pȳrēnaeus Pyrenean, from en grc Πυρηναῖος, from 1 grc Πῡρήνη<t:Pyrene><lit:fruit-stone> -αῖος. 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. Pronunciation en /ˌpɪɹəˈniːz/ UK en /ˈpɪɹəˌniz/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pyrenees.wav Southern England Proper noun p 1 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. en Richard Williams Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track w:Alan Rusbridger w:The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20220331202634/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/15/tour-de-france-2012-bradley-wiggins 31 March 2022 London Guardian News & Media 15 July 2012 0261-3077 229952407 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. en A wine-producing <<region>> and <<local government area>> (Shire of Pyrenees) in <<s/Victoria>>, <<c/Australia>>. Derived terms en pyreneite Related terms en Pyrenean Translations the mountain range separating Spain from France Afrikaans: af Pireneë Arabic: ar البَرَانِس p Armenian: hy Պիրենեյներ p Basque: eu Pirinioak p Bulgarian: bg Пирене́и Catalan: ca Pirineus m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 比利牛斯山脈 Bǐlìniúsī shānmài Czech: cs Pyreneje f-p Danish: da Pyrenæerne Dutch: nl Pyreneeën p Esperanto: eo Pireneoj p Estonian: et Püreneed Finnish: fi Pyreneet French: fr Pyrénées f-p, fr monts Pyrénées m-p dated, literary Middle French: frm Pyrenees m-p, frm mons Pyrenees m-p, frm mont Pyrenee m, frm montaignes Pyrenees f Georgian: ka პირენეები German: de Pyrenäen f-p Greek: el Πυρηναία Ancient Greek: grc Πῡρήνη f, grc Πῡρηναῖᾰ ὄρη n-p, grc Πῡρηναῖᾰ n-p Hindi: hi पिरेने m Hungarian: hu Pireneusok Irish: ga Na Piréiní p Italian: it Pirenei m-p Japanese: ja ピレネー山脈 Pirenē-sanmyaku Latin: la Pȳrēnaeī m-p Latvian: lv Pireneji m-p Lithuanian: lt Pirėnai m-p Macedonian: mk Пирине́и p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Pyreneene Nynorsk: nn Pyreneane Occitan: oc Pirenèus m-p Persian: fa پیرنه pirene Polish: pl Pireneje p Portuguese: pt Pireneus m-p, pt Pirenéus m-p Romanian: ro Pirinei m-p Russian: ru Пирене́и p Slovak: sk Pyreneje f-p Slovene: sl Pyreneji m-p Spanish: es Pirineos m-p Swedish: sv Pyrenéerna Turkish: tr Pireneler Ukrainian: uk Пірене́ї p Welsh: cy y Pyreneau p References en Europe France Mountain ranges Mountains Spain Middle French Alternative forms frm Pyrenæes Etymology From frm la Pȳrēnaeus Pȳrēnaeī (as used in la Pȳrēnaeī montēs Pyrenean mountains), masculine plural of frm la Pȳrēnaeus Pyrenean, from frm grc Πῡρηναῖος, from 1 grc Πῡρήνη -αῖος. Proper noun m-p en Pyrenees; 1 frm mons Pyrenees<g:m-p> frm 1587 Histoire generale d’Espagne 22 https://books.google.com/books?id=jg0dLi7OwtkC&pg=PA22 Les Pyrenees, qui ont prins leur nom ou de leur embraſement, duquel cy deuant a eſté faict mention (car pyr en grec, c’eſt feu) ou des frequentes fouldres dont leurs poinctes ſont battues, ou bien (ſi on veut receuoir les fables) de la nymphe Pyrene, fille de Bebrix, que Hercules engroſſa paſſant par là, eſtendent leur principale maſſe depuis le temple de Venus, ou cap de Crux, iuſques à Bayone : [...] Descendants fr Pyrénées