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

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

What she couldn’t have realized on that afternoon in the Dolomites was that her success would touch off a stunning gold rush for the rest of Team USA.

From The Wall Street Journal

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