alp

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
2. An alpine meadow

Concepten

alp

alpenweide

Synoniemen

high mountain

hill

mount

fell

alpine pasture

mountain pasture

mountain

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Etymologie (Engels)

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”)).