Pyrene (disambiguation)
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Pyrene may refer to:
- PyrenePyrenePyrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of four fused benzene rings, resulting in a flat aromatic system. The chemical formula is . This colourless solid is the smallest peri-fused PAH...
, a chemical compound. - Pyrene (mythology)Pyrene (mythology)In Greek mythology, Pyrene may refer to:* Pyrene, daughter of King Bebrycius and a lover of Hercules. She bore a serpent and became so terrified that she fled to the woods where she died. Hercules created a tomb for her by piling up rocks thus forming the mountain range of the Pyrenees, named...
, consort of Ares and the mother of Cycnus in Greek mythology - Pyrene, a Celtic city near the sources of the Danube mentioned by Herodotus: see Heuneburg#Pyrene?
- The Pyrene Company LimitedThe Pyrene Company LimitedThe Pyrene Company Limited from their beginning in 1914, until 1971 when they became Chubb Fire Security Limited, were among the world's leaders in the manufacture of fire fighting equipment...
, a manufacturer of firefighting equipment - The Pyrene Building, Golden Mile (Brentford)Golden Mile (Brentford)The Golden Mile is the name given to a stretch of the Great West Road north of Brentford running west from the western boundary of Chiswick in London, United Kingdom.It was so called due to the concentration of industry along this short stretch of road...
, a noted former Pyrene CompanyThe Pyrene Company LimitedThe Pyrene Company Limited from their beginning in 1914, until 1971 when they became Chubb Fire Security Limited, were among the world's leaders in the manufacture of fire fighting equipment...
factory in London, England in the Art Deco style - Pyrene (gastropod), a genus of sea snails from the family Columbellidae
- PyrenaPyrenaPyrena or pyrene is the name for a nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe or drupelet....
, a kind of nutlet - PyreneesPyreneesThe Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
, a mountain range between France and Spain