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Definition of Pennines
1. Noun. A system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers.
Definition of Pennines
1. Proper noun. A mountain range stretching through north central England. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pennines
1. pennine [n] - See also: pennine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennines
Literary usage of Pennines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"The question as to whether or not the Pennines were prehistorically tree- clad
is next discussed, and evidence is considered from (i.) history, (ii. ..."
2. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"He published at Genoa, in 1787, ' Voyage Pittoresque aux Alpes Pennines,' with
twelve coloured plates, and during the next twenty years several other books ..."
3. The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ...: Accompanied by an Atlas (1822)
"... to the whole of Austrian Italy, comprising both Lombardy and the former Venetian
territory. See 'Italy, Italy Лип- trian, Milan, find Venice. pennines ..."
4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"H. moria, a few in a mossy pool about 2000ft. up in the Pennines. In this pool
a reddish form of ... two specimens under stones in the Pennines, and Mr. GB ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"On the NW the Eden valley forms part of the boundary between the Pennines and
the hills of the Lake District, and the division is continued by the upper ..."
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