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Alps

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alp ALP

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alp/alp/

▶noun a high mountain.

■ (the Alps) the high range of mountains in Switzerland and adjoining countries.

■ (in Switzerland) an area of green pasture on a mountainside.

– origin ME (orig. pl.): via Fr. from L. Alpes, from Gk Alpeis.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ALP

▶abbreviation Australian Labor Party.

'Alps' also found in these Oxford entries:

alp - alpenhorn - alpine - alpinist - chalet - cisalpine - föhn - gavotte - Rhaeto-Romance - St Bernard - steinbock - tramontane - transalpine - ultramontane

Forum discussions with the word(s) "Alps" in the title:

I go skiing to/in Alps/France
Price of Living in the High Alps (summary)
up the Alps.
You will find scenery to "rival" anything you can see in the Alps.

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