Alai

American  

[ah-lahy] / ˈɑ laɪ /

Or Alay

noun

1. a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5,880 meters).

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Alai British  

/ ɑːˈlaɪ /

noun

1. a mountain range in central Asia, in SW Kyrgyzstan, running from the Tian Shan range in China into Tajikistan. Average height: 4800 m (16 000 ft), rising over 5850 m (19 500 ft)

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Example Sentences

Abdul Nasir Khan, a local resident, said the children were going to a high school in Batangai in Alai.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2023

They include a scintillating apple and quince cider from Alai Sidra in Chile, made by a winemaker from French Basque Country from fruit grown in the Andean foothills.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

The lack of justice could lead victims to feel marginalized and resentful, Alai said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2017

In a statement, David Wheeler, the son of Roger Wheeler, the murdered Jai Alai executive, cautioned that the verdict should not overshadow the “gross institutional misconduct” of the F.B.I.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

I decided to do something positive that evening, to go to the theatre, or, if it were playing, to see the Jai Alai.

From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph