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Alps

[ alps ]

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in S Europe, extending from France through Switzerland and Italy into Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. Highest peak, Mont Blanc, 15,781 feet (4,810 meters).


Alps

/ ælps /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in S central Europe, extending over 1000 km (650 miles) from the Mediterranean coast of France and NW Italy through Switzerland, N Italy, and Austria to Slovenia. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 771 ft)
  2. a range of mountains in the NW quadrant of the moon, which is cut in two by a straight fracture, the Alpine Valley
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Alps

  1. Mountain system of south-central Europe .
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The Alps provide scenic beauty and the location for an abundance of winter sports, making them a popular tourist destination.
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Example Sentences

So just to pay the slightest bit of homage to Don in the beginning of the film, there’s another director who is going to the Alps with his family, who’s out.

Delpero’s vision began with her father playing with his nine siblings in their childhood home in Vermiglio, a picturesque village in the Italian Alps.

A festival in Mozart’s picturesque birthplace at the foot of the Austrian Alps, a city that attracts hordes of summer tourists along with well-heeled audiences in formal dress, may not exactly suit L.A.

The 34-year-old mountaineer had previously climbed in the Alps, Patagonia and the Pamir Mountains.

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In 2021 or 2022, I had the opportunity to cook dinner in a hotel at the top of the Swiss Alps.

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