Pennine Alps

[ pen-ahyn ]

plural noun

a mountain range on the border between Switzerland and Italy: part of the Alps. Highest peak, Monte Rosa, 15,217 feet (4,640 meters).

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How to use Pennine Alps in a sentence

The name evidently contains the Keltic word pen, and signifies probably some sacred mountain-top amongst the Pennine Alps.
The Ethnology of Europe | Robert Gordon Latham
Glaucophane-eclogites have been met with in Italy and the Pennine Alps.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 | Various
Clouds formed on the Italian side and invaded the valleys of the Pennine Alps without veiling their summits.
A Winter Amid the Ice | Jules Verne
On the left, the Pennine Alps and the Oberland, crowned with snow, raised their magnificent crests.
A Winter Amid the Ice | Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for Pennine Alps

Pennine Alps

/ (ˈpɛnaɪn) /

pl n

a range of the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. Highest peak: Monte Rosa, 4634 m (15 204 ft)

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