alp
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Definition of alp
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
“Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp.”
“Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps ariſe!”
“There is a great alp of sand, one hundred metres high, between the pines and the ocean, […]”
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noun
-
A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
“Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp.”
“Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps ariſe!”
“There is a great alp of sand, one hundred metres high, between the pines and the ocean, […]”
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An alpine meadow.
“At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens[…]”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of alkaline phosphatase.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of arm's length principle.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, particle)Initialism of axion-like particle.
name
- (Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Australian Labor Party.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)).
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