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Pyrénées , Pyrénées-Atlantiques (French) n a department of SW France in Aquitaine region. Capital: Pau. Pop.: 592200 (1995). Area: 7712 sq. km (3008 sq. miles), (Former name) Basses-Pyrénées

Basses-Pyrénées (French) pl n the former name for → Pyrénées (Atlantiques)

Hautes-Pyrénées (French) n a department of SW France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Tarbes. Pop.: 224000 (1995). Area: 4534 sq. km (1768 sq. miles)

Midi-Pyrénées (French) n a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east

Pyrenees pl n a mountain range between France and Spain, extending from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean. Highest peak: Pico de Aneto, 3404 m (11168 ft.)
♦ Pyrenean adj

Pyrénées-Orientales (French) n a department of S France, in Languedoc-Roussillon region. Capital: Perpignan. Pop.: 376200 (1995). Area: 4144 sq. km (1616 sq. miles)