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Alps
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alps
English
thumb|Relief map of the Alps
thumb|Aerial view of the Pennine Alps
Etymology
en :inh enm:Alpes 1
From en enm Alpes, from en ang Alpis, ultimately from en la Alpēs; in later use partly via en fr -. Compare de Alpen alps plurale tantum, de Alp mountainous pasture.
Pronunciation
en /ælps/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alps.wav Southern England
en ælps 1
en alps
Proper noun
p 1
en Q1286 en mountain range r/Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.
Derived terms
en Prealps Graian Alps Albanian Alps Swiss Alps Alpish Allgäu Alps Australian Alps Berchtesgaden Alps Bergamo Alps Bernese Alps Carnic Alps Cottian Alps Dinaric Alps French Alps Fynske Alps Japanese Alps Jewish Alps Julian Alps Kamnik Alps Kitzbühel Alps Lechtal Alps Lyngen Alps Maritime Alps Norlund Alps Northern Limestone Alps Ortler Alps Ötztal Alps Pennine Alps Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps Princess Elizabeth Alps Rhaetian Alps Samnaun Alps Southern Alps Southern Limestone Alps Stauning Alps Transylvanian Alps Trinity Alps Stubai Alps Tux Alps Verwall Alps Victorian Alps Western Alps Yiddish Alps Zillertal Alps
Related terms
en Alpine
Descendants
hi ऐल्प्स 1
ja アルプス Arupusu 1
ur الپس alps 1
Translations
a mountain range in Western Europe
Afrikaans: af Alpe
Arabic: ar جِبَال اَلْأَلْب p
Armenian: hy Ալպեր
Asturian: ast Alpes m-p
Belarusian: be А́льпы f-p
Bulgarian: bg А́лпи f-p
Catalan: ca Alps m-p
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿爾卑斯山 Ā'ěrbēisī shān
Cornish: kw Alpys p
Czech: cs Alpy
Danish: da Alperne, da Alper
Dutch: nl Alpen m-p
Esperanto: eo Alpoj
Estonian: et Alpid
Faroese: fo Alpurnar f-p
Finnish: fi Alpit
French: fr Alpes f-p
Galician: gl Alpes m-p
German: de Alpen f-p
Greek: el Άλπεις f-p
Gujarati: gu આલ્પ્સ m
Hebrew: he הָרֵי הָאַלְפִּים m hare ha'alpim
Hindi: hi ऐल्प्स
Hungarian: hu Alpok
Icelandic: is Alpafjöll n-p, is Alparnir m-p
Indonesian: id Alpen
Irish: ga Alpa na hAlpa
Italian: it Alpi f-p
Japanese: ja アルプス Arupusu
Korean: ko ^알프스
Latin: la Alpes f-p
Macedonian: mk Алпи f-p
Malay: ms Alp
Maltese: mt Alpi
Manx: gv Beinnyn Alpagh Ny Beinnyn Alpagh
Navajo: nv Éébis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Alpene
Nynorsk: nn Alpane
Occitan: oc Aups m-p, oc Alps m-p
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Алпи p
Persian: fa آلپ âlp
Polish: pl Alpy p
Portuguese: pt Alpes m-p
Romanian: ro Alpi m-p
Russian: ru А́льпы m-p
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Алпи f-p Bosnia Serbia
Latin: sh Alpi f-p Bosnia Serbia, sh Alpe f Croatia
Slovak: sk Alpy f-p
Spanish: es Alpes m-p
Swedish: sv Alperna c-p
Turkish: tr Alpler p, tr Alp Dağları
Ukrainian: uk А́льпи f-p
Walloon: wa Ales
Welsh: cy Alpau p yr Alpau
Yiddish: yi אַלפּן p, yi אַלפּן־בערג p
Anagrams
en alps salp ASPL APLS Plas slap PALs pals Pals PLAs laps PALS LPAs SPLA APLs
en Austria Europe France Germany Italy Slovenia Switzerland
Catalan
Etymology
From ca la Alpēs.
Proper noun
m-p
ca mountain range r/Western Europe Alps
Derived terms
ca Alps Marítims
ca Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps
ca cabra dels Alps
ca Provença-Alps-Costa Blava
Related terms
ca alpí
German
Noun
de noun form m
de Alp gen s
Occitan
Pronunciation
oc /ˈalps/
Proper noun
m-p
oc Aups