Pyrenees

Pyrenees

See also: Pyrénées

English

Etymology

First attested in 1555; from French Pyrénées, from Latin Pȳrēnaeī montēs, from Ancient Greek Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē) (“Pyrene”, literally “fruit-stone”), daughter of Bebryx and beloved of Herakles, and who, legend has it, is buried in the range.[1]

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Proper noun

Pyrenees pl

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.
2. A wine-producing region and shire (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia.

Translations

the mountain range separating Spain from France

Afrikaans: Pireneë Armenian: Պիրենեյներ pl (Pireneyner) Basque: Pirinioak pl Bulgarian: Пирене́и (Pirenéi) Catalan: Pirineus (ca) m pl Chinese: Mandarin: 比利牛斯山脈／比利牛斯山脉 (Bǐlìniúsī shānmài) Czech: Pyreneje (cs) f pl Danish: Pyrenæerne Dutch: Pyreneeën (nl) pl Esperanto: Pireneoj pl Estonian: Püreneed Finnish: Pyreneet (fi) French: Pyrénées (fr) f pl German: Pyrenäen (de) f pl Greek: Πυρηναία (el) (Pyrinaía) Hindi: पिरनीज़ (hi) m (pirnīz) Hungarian: Pireneusok (hu) Italian: Pirenei (it) pl Japanese: ピレネー山脈 (Pirenē-sanmyaku) Latin: Pȳrēnaeī m pl Latvian: Pireneji m pl Lithuanian: Pirėnai m pl Macedonian: Пирине́и pl (Pirinéi) Norwegian: Bokmål: Pyreneene Nynorsk: Pyreneane Occitan: Pirenèus (oc) m pl Polish: Pireneje (pl) pl Portuguese: Pireneus m pl, Pirenéus m pl Romanian: Pirinei m pl Russian: Пирене́и (ru) pl (Pirenéi) Slovak: Pyreneje f pl Slovene: Pyreneji m pl Spanish: Pirineos (es) pl Swedish: Pyrenéerna (sv) Turkish: Pireneler

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Pyrenees”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.