Pennine Alps

[ pen-ahyn ]

plural noun

1. a mountain range on the border between Switzerland and Italy: part of the Alps. Highest peak, Monte Rosa, 15,217 feet (4,640 meters).

Pennine Alps

/ ˈpɛnaɪn /

plural noun

1. a range of the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. Highest peak: Monte Rosa, 4634 m (15 204 ft)

Example Sentences

The name evidently contains the Keltic word pen, and signifies probably some sacred mountain-top amongst the Pennine Alps.

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Glaucophane-eclogites have been met with in Italy and the Pennine Alps.

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Clouds formed on the Italian side and invaded the valleys of the Pennine Alps without veiling their summits.

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On the left, the Pennine Alps and the Oberland, crowned with snow, raised their magnificent crests.

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