Lepontine Alps

[ li-pon-tin ]

/ lɪˈpɒn tɪn /

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plural noun

a central range of the Alps in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak, Mt. Leone, 11,684 feet (3,561 meters).

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Words nearby Lepontine Alps

lepidopteron, lepidopterous, lepidosiren, lepidote, Lepidus, Lepontine Alps, leporid, leporide, leporine, Leppard, leppy

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How to use Lepontine Alps in a sentence

Worries about a last ditch Nazi stand in the Alps had mounted appreciably over the final year of the war.
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Their vista of the snow-capped Andes suggests the Bavarian alps and the view from Berchtesgaden.
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Then I realized [we were] outside of Italy when I recognized the Alps.
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Subirer, for example, is a small bitter pear that grows in the Alps, near Lech.
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And so the world was shocked and saddened to hear about his severe brain injury in the Alps last Sunday morning.
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Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
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Bonaparte passed mount St. Bernard, among the Alps, after astonishing efforts.
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The Marshal was at once sent off to his old home of Lyons to organise there out of nothing an army which was to cover the Alps.
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He hoped to find a temporary refuge by burying himself among the lonely passes of the Alps.
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At forty years of age she still preserved almost all her freshness and could be called "the little Shepherdess of the Alps."
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British Dictionary definitions for Lepontine Alps

Lepontine Alps

/ (lɪˈpɒntaɪn) /

pl n

a range of the S central Alps, in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak: Monte Leone, 3553 m (11 657 ft)

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