Monte Leone

American  

[mawn-te le-aw-ne] / ˈmɔn tɛ lɛˈɔ nɛ /

noun

1. a mountain in S Switzerland, on the Italian border: highest peak in the Lepontine Alps. 11,684 feet (3,561 meters).

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Example Sentences

"It is a strange and incredible mystery," said Von Apsberg, who continued to repel with horror the idea of treason in Monte Leone.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

Monte Leone, on the road to Rhegium, from which at this time Cicero meant to cross to Sicily, and thence to Malta.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.

Highest peaks: T�di, 11,887 feet; Monte Leone, 11,696.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

The shoulder of the Alphubel was similarly coloured, while the great mass of the Fletschorn was all a-glow, and so was the snowy spine of the Monte Leone.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John