Definition for Pyrrhenees

Pyrrhenees, proper n. [Fr. < L. < Gk Pyrene < Gk pur, fire + eneon, dumb, secret.]

High mountains; mountain range which separates France and Spain; peaks named for a nymph that Hercules loved, said to be buried on these mountains; [fig.] huge obstacle; large object; thing obstructing one's view of the beloved; insuperable distance between a lover and a deceased loved one.

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