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

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

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

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

The vineyards lay at the foot of the Rhaetian Alps; their produce, we have reason to believe, was not a very generous liquor.

From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius

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

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