Pyrene

Borrowed from Latin Pȳrēnē (“the Pyrenees”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɹ.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹən

Pyrene (not comparable)

1. (relational, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain; Pyrenean.
   • 1636, William Camden, “Britaine”, in Remaines Concerning Britaine, London:  […] Thomas Harper, for John Waterſon, page 4:

     The power of the Kings more abſolute, than in moſt other kingdomes, their territories very large; for the Kings of England, beſide Ireland, have commanded from the Iſles of Orkenay, to the Pyrene Mountains, and are de jure,Kings of all France by deſcent.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πυρήνη (Purḗnē).

Pȳrēnē f sg (genitive Pȳrēnēs); first declension

1. the Pyrenees mountain

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

• Pȳrēnaeus (“Pyrenean”)