Pyrenees

• Pyrénées

From Middle English Pireneies, partly from Middle French Pyrénées and partly from Latin Pȳrēnaeī (montēs),^[1] 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.^[2]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪɹəˈniːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɹəˌniz/

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the Pyrenees pl (plural only)

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 local government area (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia.

• Pyrenean