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Webster 1828 Edition
Alps
ALP
, ALPS,Noun.
A high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given to mountains whose tops were covered with snow, and hence appropriately applied to the mountains of Swisserland; so that by Alps is generally understood the latter mountains. But geographers apply the name to any high mountains.
Definition 2024
Alps
Alps
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English
Proper noun
Alps
- (usually with "the") A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, with its highest peak Mont Blanc at 4808 meters.
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a mountain range in Western Europe
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