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Alp

//ælp// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Australian Labor Party. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of arm's length principle. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.

    "Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp."

  2. 2
    Acronym of axion-like particle. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. 3
    any high mountain wordnet
  4. 4
    An alpine meadow.

    "At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens[…]"

  5. 5
    Initialism of alkaline phosphatase. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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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