[alps], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mountain system in Europe extending in a curve from the coast of south-eastern France through north-western Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, southern Germany, and Austria into Slovenia. The highest peak of the Alps, Mont Blanc, rises to a height of 4,807 m (15,771 ft)


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Origin:
Old English Alpis, from Latin Alpes, probably from the same base as German Alp, of uncertain origin; in later use partly via French