Alai Mountains

[ uh-lahy; Russian uh-lahy ]

/ əˈlaɪ; Russian ʌˈlaɪ /

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plural noun

a mountain range in SW Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan): part of the Tien Shan Mountains; highest peak, about 19,000 feet (5,790 meters).

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They seemed like a permanent part of the mindscape, the way mountains or rivers are part of the physical world.
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Hitchcock was our mountains and our rivers, curled permanently into our brainpans.
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So, Schmidt followed the gold rush to the El Paso mountains and claimed an area of mining land.
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Aside from producing odors and mountains of trash, they increasingly produce power.
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These agricultural pests migrate in mid-summer to the Rocky Mountains from Kansas and Nebraska to beat the heat.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under so many savage blows, the labouring mountains brought forth Turks.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various