Gran Paradiso

American  

[grahn pah-rah-dee-zaw] / ˈgrɑn ˌpɑ rɑˈdi zɔ /

noun

1. the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4,061 meters).

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Gran Paradiso British  

/ ɡram paraˈdiːzo /

noun

1. a mountain in NW Italy, in NW Piedmont: the highest peak of the Graian Alps. Height: 4061 m (13 323 ft)

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Example Sentences

Study leader Belletti, who is now at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Lyon, France, was part of a four-person team surveying the upper part of the Orco River, which originates inside the Gran Paradiso National Park high in the Italian Alps.

From National Geographic

It was only thanks to the conservation efforts in Italy's Gran Paradiso National Park, in the Aosta Valley, that the Alpine ibex survived at all after centuries of hunting.

From BBC

Alpine ibex males fight for hierarchy in Italy's Gran Paradiso National Park.

From National Geographic

A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.

From National Geographic

A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.

From National Geographic