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Definition of The alps
1. Noun. A large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction.
Group relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy, Austria, Oesterreich, Republic Of Austria, France, French Republic, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
Terms within: Dolomite Alps, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Bianco, Tyrolean Alps, Weisshorn
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of The Alps
Literary usage of The alps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"None Alps.— The main chain of the Alps here divides into different sections as
already ... The height of the southeastern continuations of the Alps rapidly ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Thus the Alpine states (Italy, Switzerland and Austria), other than France and
Bavaria, hold bits of territory on the slope of the Alps where one would not ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"With these continuations, which lose themselves insensibly in other ranges, the
Alps may be considered to terminate. The Maritime Alps.— The first great ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1880)
"PASSAGE OF the alps BY CONSTANTINE. confirmed. There appeared the same difference
between the leaders as between the armies. Caprice or flattery had tempted ..."
5. Switzerland: And the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1877)
"The position of the strata deviates little from their original, nearly horizontal
direction, and takes the form of a basin between the Alps and the Jura ..."
6. Sportby C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1914)
"Hints and Notes (or travellers in the Alps: revision of general Introduction to
Alpine Guide, ... Sport In the Alps. Past und present; Chase of the Chamois, ..."
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