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ALPS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
Synonyms:
Alps; the Alps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Meronyms (parts of "Alps"):
Dolomite Alps (an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone)
Matterhorn (a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape)
Mont Blanc; Monte Bianco (the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high))
Tyrolean Alps (a popular tourist area in the Tyrol)
Weisshorn (a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high))
Holonyms ("Alps" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
Austria; Oesterreich; Republic of Austria (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century)
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
Context examples:
It was echoed from Salêve, the Juras, and the Alps of Savoy; vivid flashes of lightning dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire; then for an instant every thing seemed of a pitchy darkness, until the eye recovered itself from the preceding flash.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
