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Maritime Alps

American  

plural noun

  1. a range of the Alps in SE France and NW Italy.


Maritime Alps British  

plural noun

  1. a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 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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As the train glided along a track sandwiched between the steep cliffs of the Maritime Alps and a glistening Mediterranean sea, passing well-manicured beach resorts along the way, he was feeling hopeful.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2018

Late in the afternoon the artist had taken a walk in the little park that surrounds his sprawling stone house overlooking the reddish foothills of the Maritime Alps.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paris Correspondent Paul Ress fought more basic elements to reach the Valley of Marvels in the Maritime Alps for a report to the Science section.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1925 he designed a "13th century" chateau at Castellaras on the slopes of the Maritime Alps above Cannes for a New York stockbroker who wanted a proper setting for his medieval art collection.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Albanis Beaumont, in his work on the Maritime Alps, calculates the number of persons which this building must have held at 16,599, and the spectators in the Colosseum at 34,000.

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by John Hughes

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