Dolomites

American  

[doh-luh-mahyts, dol-uh-] / ˈdoʊ ləˌmaɪts, ˈdɒl ə- /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a mountain range in N Italy: a part of the Alps. Highest peak, Marmolada, 10,965 feet (3,340 meters).

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Dolomites British  

/ ˈdɒləˌmaɪts /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in NE Italy: part of the Alps; formed of dolomitic limestone. Highest peak: Marmolada, 3342 m (10 965 ft)

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Example Sentences

They were the largest and most expansive Winter Games in history, with nearly 3,000 athletes from 93 countries competing at a dozen venues spread over an area about the size of New Jersey, stretching from the urban grit of Italy’s second-largest city to the breathtakingly beautiful Alpine villages of the Dolomites.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s a four-hour van ride each way, some of it winding into the Dolomites.

From Los Angeles Times

Bruce Mouat's rink will face Canada - their oldest rivals - in the men's event in Cortina, high in the Dolomites in the north of Italy.

From BBC

In 2021, ski mountaineering was added to the Olympic programme for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games and will take place in the resort of Bormio in the Dolomites, though there are no athletes competing in the sport for Team GB.

From BBC

And that was the case again against their great rivals high in the Dolomites.

From BBC