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

Alps

1. Mountain system of south-central Europe .

Notes

The Alps provide scenic beauty and the location for an abundance of winter sports, making them a popular tourist destination.

Example Sentences

Worries about a last ditch Nazi stand in the Alps had mounted appreciably over the final year of the war.

From The Daily Beast

Their vista of the snow-capped Andes suggests the Bavarian alps and the view from Berchtesgaden.

From The Daily Beast

Then I realized [we were] outside of Italy when I recognized the Alps.

From The Daily Beast

Subirer, for example, is a small bitter pear that grows in the Alps, near Lech.

From The Daily Beast

And so the world was shocked and saddened to hear about his severe brain injury in the Alps last Sunday morning.

From The Daily Beast

Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.

From Project Gutenberg

Bonaparte passed mount St. Bernard, among the Alps, after astonishing efforts.

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The Marshal was at once sent off to his old home of Lyons to organise there out of nothing an army which was to cover the Alps.

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He hoped to find a temporary refuge by burying himself among the lonely passes of the Alps.

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At forty years of age she still preserved almost all her freshness and could be called "the little Shepherdess of the Alps."

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