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 one terrifying sequence of events that is depicted in the film “Black Mass,” Bulger and his gang were dismayed when World Jai Alai, a sports betting operation, appointed a new C.E.O.,

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

Of these, four form one Alai or regiment, and thirty-six Alai an Urdu or camp.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir