Definition of Cantabrian Mountains

1. Noun. A range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantabrian Mountains

Cannaregio
Cannes
Cannizzaro
Cannizzaro's reaction
Cannon
Cannon's point
Cannon's ring
Cannon's theory
Cannon-Bard theory
Canola
Canopus
Cant.
Cantab
Cantabria
Cantabrian
Cantabrian Mountains (current term)
Cantabrians
Cantabrigian
Cantabrigians
Cantabs
Cantal
Cantelli's sign
Canterbury
Canterbury Tales
Canterbury bell
Canterbury bells
Canterbury gallop
Cantharellus
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cinnabarinus

Literary usage of Cantabrian Mountains

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"one specimen of condón from Puerto de Pajares, in the Cantabrian Mountains, this has a very ordinary European aspect. — TA CHAPMAN, MD, Betula, ..."

2. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"On the east they are broken off at Cape Creux, while on the west they are separated from the Cantabrian mountains by no definite geological dividing line. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Cantabrian Mountains (Span. Cordillera Cantábrica), a mountain chain which ... As a whole, the Cantabrian Mountains arc remarkable for their intricate ..."

4. Topical Outline of Geography by Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1921)
"What is the position of the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains with regard to the ... Since the Cantabrian Mountains are but a westward continuation of the ..."

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