Rhaetian Alps

American  

plural noun

1. a chain of the Alps in E Switzerland and W Austria. Highest peak, Mt. Bernina, 13,295 feet (4,052 meters).

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Rhaetian Alps British  

plural noun

1. a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)

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Rhaetian Alps

Some authorities are for Lydia; some are for the Rhaetian Alps; some are for calling the Etruscans 'autochthonous,'—which I hold to be, like Mesopotamia, a 'blessed word.'

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

In the language of the Rhaetian Alps this word appears as "tartufel".

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

The term Rhaetian Alps is applied to that section along the Swiss Italian Boundary, about north of Lake Como.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Etruscans, a race from the Rhaetian Alps, acknowledged one God, 551-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Eugene had already descended from the Rhaetian Alps, to dispute with Catinat the rich plain of Lombardy.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron