Alps
pronunciation
How to pronounce Alps in British English:
UK [ælps]
How to pronounce Alps in American English:
US [ælps]
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- Noun:
- a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
Word Origin
- Alps
- see Alp.
Example
- 1. Swissair 's vision was a global airline alliance radiating from the alps .
- 2. The bavarian : humor just north of the alps tends to be anything but subtle .
- 3. Glaciers through new zealand 's southern alps lost 11 percent of their volume between 1976 and 2007 .
- 4. It 's steam from the molten heart to mount alps , the most subtly volcano on our planet .
- 5. If selling groceries were like marching an army over the alps , this strategy would have worked brilliantly .