Pyrenean

English

Etymology

From Latin Pȳrēnaeus +‎ -an.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌpɪɹəˈniːən/
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Adjective

Pyrenean (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain
    • 1845, Selina Bunbury, Evenings in the Pyrenées:
      Pierre held his berret [sic] in his hand, and the boldness of the Pyrenean hunter was strangely overcome in the absence of all apparent danger: he really knew not what he did or what he said.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Pyrenean (plural Pyreneans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the Pyrenees.

References
  1. “Pyrenean, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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