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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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No GB athletes were present at Friday's ceremony, because of logistical reasons rather than political, with many of the team in competitive action across the Dolomites on Saturday morning.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

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 Feb. 21, 2026

The details of precisely why 007 was in the Dolomites are fuzzier.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

The scenic Fiemme Valley, site of cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined , is made up primarily of three small villages — Carano, Daiano and Varena — in the Dolomites mountain range.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

In our beautiful Dolomites, I meet two Viennese ladies who are gotten up as tourists.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

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