Synonyms for the Alps
the alps

Princeton's WordNet

1. Alps, the Alpsnoun

   a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction

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1. • Switzerland
   • Range

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1. Heribert Eisl:

   The avalanche happened on the northern side of the Dachstein, just under the entry point Rankluft, we mobilized all our staff, but unfortunately there was no happy ending. An avalanche in the Dachstein region of the Austrian Alps killed at least five hikers, authorities said. A separate avalanche hit the southern Carinthia region around noon, killing a 33-year-old police officer when a large piece of frozen snow struck him during an Alpine training exercise. The officer suffered such serious injuries that he died at the scene of the accident, Austrias Interior Ministry said in a statement.

2. Markus Binkert:

   When we create lounges we always try to think,' What will be the one distinctive factor ? ,' in this lounge it will be the terrace... this beautiful scenery of the Swiss Alps. It's going to be a destination of its own.

3. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.

4. Steve Matteson:

   When I think of Swiss type, I think of the Alps, and since I'm based in Boulder, my Alps are the Rockies.

5. Kasia Zielinska from Warsaw:

   In Poland, where I'm from, we used to have beautiful winters but now it's not the case, we don't even see snow anymore and we have to travel to the Alps, so I think it's a very important cause.