Apennines

[ ap-uh-nahynz ]

/ ˈæp əˌnaɪnz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

a mountain range in Italy, extending across the length of the entire peninsula from northwest to southwest. Highest peak, Monte Corno, 9,585 feet (2,922 meters).

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Also called Ap·en·nine Moun·tains .

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How to use Apennines in a sentence

The Italian election was a farrago of farce and consequence that reaches far beyond the Alps and the Apennines.
The United States Can’t Insulate Itself From Euro Politics|Robert Shrum|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The idea was that a concentrated movement should be made against the Allies through the Apennines.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The entire Riviera was abandoned, and they retreated across the Apennines into Piedmont.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2)|A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
A little while before to-day the most precious of our dreams was not so lovely as that spur of the Apennines.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton

Italy was far less easy of access from the north than from Greece, and Rome lay well southward beyond the Apennines.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
He took the same method of enjoyable travelling in the Apennines—that of the Pedestrian.
A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen|William Spalding

British Dictionary definitions for Apennines

Apennines

/ (ˈæpəˌnaɪnz) /

pl n

a mountain range in Italy, extending over 1250 km (800 miles) from the northwest to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Highest peak: Monte Corno, 2912 m (9554 ft)

a mountain range lying in the N quadrants of the moon, extending over 950 km along the SE border of the Mare Imbrium and rising to 6200 m

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