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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Example Sentences

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

There is, however, a New Year's Eve custom in Lower Austria and the Rhaetian Alps that somewhat resembles our mistletoe bough practices.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

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

Scarcely had they crossed the Po, before their leader resolved to seize Verona, which commanded the passes of the Rhaetian Alps.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John

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