Apennines

[ap-uh-nahynz]

noun (used with a plural verb)

a mountain range in Italy, extending across the length of the entire peninsula from NW to SW. Highest peak, Monte Corno, 9585 feet (2922 meters).

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Examples from the Web for apennines

Contemporary Examples of apennines

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

Historical Examples of apennines

Considering I've walked over the Apennines, it's common sense.
Howards End
E. M. Forster
It skimmed the Apennines and landed not far from Archimedes.
Wandl the Invader
Raymond King Cummings
It lacks all that makes the skirts of Alps and Apennines sublime.
New Italian sketches
John Addington Symonds
To west and south sweep the Maritime Alps and the Apennines.
New Italian sketches
John Addington Symonds
But, though Hannibal conquered the Alps, the Apennines conquered him.
Hannibal
Jacob Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for apennines

Apennines

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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