Definition of Roncesvalles, Battle of in English:
Roncesvalles, Battle of
proper nounˈrɒnsəvalˌrônsəsˈvä(l)ˌyās
A battle which took place in 778 at a mountain pass in the Pyrenees, near the village of Roncesvalles in northern Spain. The rearguard of Charlemagne's army was attacked by the Basques and massacred. French name Roncevaux /ʀɔ̃svo/.
Definition of Roncesvalles, Battle of in US English:
Roncesvalles, Battle of
proper nounˌrônsəsˈvä(l)ˌyās
A battle that took place in 778 at a mountain pass in the Pyrenees, near the village of Roncesvalles in northern Spain. The rearguard of Charlemagne's army was attacked by the Basques and massacred; one of the nobles, Roland, was killed, an event celebrated in the Chanson de Roland (in which the attackers are wrongly identified as the Moors). French name Roncevaux.