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Definition: Alps |
AlpsNoun1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Alps" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ALPS |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. The highest mountain in the Alps is the Mont Blanc at 4810 meters on the French-Italian border.
The European Alps from space,
as seen in May 2002.
Click on the picture itself for a large annotated version
- Position and name of the Alps
- Limits of the Alps
- Climate of the Alps
- Olive Region of the Alps
- Vine Region of the Alps
- Mountain Region of the Alps
- Subalpine Region of the Alps
- Alpine Region of the Alps
- Glacial Region of the Alps
- Main chain of the Alps
- Principal passes of the Alps
- Political history and modern state of the inhabitants of the Alps
- Exploration of the High Alps
- Geology of the Alps
- Peaks and passes of the Alps
Western Alps
Maritime Alps - Cottian Alps - Dauphine Alps - Graian Alps - Pennine Alps
Central Alps
Swiss Alps, including North-Eastern Swiss Alps - Bernese Oberland - Lepontine Alps - Todi Range - Bernina Alps - Albula Range - Silvretta and Rätikon Ranges
Eastern Alps
The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg, and Salzburg - Tirolean Alps - Ortler, Oetzthal and Stubai Ranges - Lombard Alps - Dolomites - South-Eastern AlpsOriginally based on content from an old encyclopedia. Update as needed.
The Alps are a range of mountains located within the Moon's Mare Imbrium, formed in the impact that created the Imbrium Basin.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alps."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ALPS | English | Advanced Linear Programming System | N/A |
| ALPSOLAR | English | Project to develop photovoltaic solar devices in the Alps | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: AlpsSynonym: the Alps (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alps |
| English words defined with "Alps": Alpen, alpine, alpine salamander, auricula ♦ bear's ear ♦ cisalpine ♦ Dolomite Alps ♦ envisioned, Euphotide ♦ Flysch, foehn, fohn ♦ Grisons ♦ Hannibal, Helvetic ♦ Liechtenstein ♦ Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Bianco, Mountain licorice ♦ pictured, Primula auricula, Principality of Liechtenstein ♦ Rh/tic, Rhetian ♦ Salamandra atra, snow line, Snow mouse ♦ Trans-, transalpine ♦ ultramontane, Ultramontanism ♦ visualised, visualized ♦ Weisshorn. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Alps": Allied Air Forces Northern Europe, Apostles, where buried ♦ backfolding ♦ GO-GO ♦ Little Ice Age ♦ Nummulite limestone ♦ penninite ♦ sillite, Summa Diligentia ♦ transalpine combined transport, transalpine rail transport, transalpine road transport ♦ White Brethren. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Alps": Rhaetizite. (references) |
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Screenplays | Give me a stopwatch and a map, and I'll fly the Alps in a plane with no windows (The Hunt for Red October; writing credit: Larry Ferguson) When Brian Boitano was in the Alps fighting grissly bears he used his magical fire breath and saved the maidens fair (South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut; writing credit: Trey Parker; Matt Stone) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Alps and the Jews (1957) Men of the Alps (1939) Alice in the Alps (1927) Scrambles in the High Alps (1918) Lost in the Alps (1907) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Glacier landscape, probably Mer de Glace and source of Arveyron River, Alps, France. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rushing stream and Matterhorn, Alps. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sidney R. Ellis presents golden voiced singer, Al. H. Wilson in his new play of picturesque Switzerland, Metz in the Alps new songs and yodels. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "The Alps from Above" by Adam Brown Commentary: "These are the Apls taken from the plane on the way to Milan." | "Alps 2003. febr. 1" by Borbás Krisztián Commentary: "Alps 2003. febr." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There was no horizon but the Alps. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Next I saw Hannibal passing the Alps, who told me he had not a drop of vinegar in his camp |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Sometimes in ALPS, the B cells make a mistake. (references) | |
Children can inherit ALPS from one of their parents. (references) | ||
ALPS is a disorder that develops in early childhood. (references) | ||
Business | Cheaper imported electricity is used to cover the less attractive "regular" market and to maintain the hugh water reserves in the Alps at a high level. (references) | |
Economic History | Switzerland | Switzerland straddles the central ranges of the Alps. (references) |
Switzerland | Hydroelectric energy has been Switzerland's natural main source of power due to its location in the Alps. (references) | |
Slovenia | The Alps--including the Julian Alps, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, the Karavanke chain, and the Pohorje Massif--dominate northern Slovenia near Austria. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Alps" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.07% of the time. "Alps" is used about 467 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95.07% | 444 | 13,042 |
| Noun (plural) | 4.93% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Total | 100.00% | 467 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Alps Electric Co Limited | United Kingdom | Ten Alps Communications P.L.C. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Alps": dolomite Alps ♦ the alps. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Alps": Alps-Adria, alps-sized. | |
Ending with "Alps": pre-alps. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
alps | 3,157 | air alps | 13 |
swiss alps | 1,066 | afton alps | 12 |
alyssa alps | 395 | alps potentiometer | 12 |
french alps | 315 | alps glidepoint | 11 |
austrian alps | 227 | alps ink | 11 |
alps printer | 87 | german alps | 11 |
trinity alps | 64 | chalet in the french alps | 10 |
italian alps | 58 | alps bavarian | 10 |
alps electric | 28 | alissa alps | 9 |
alps mountain | 24 | allysa alps | 9 |
alps map | 24 | holiday french alps | 9 |
skiing holiday french alps | 24 | alps primer vphoto | 9 |
afton alps area mn ski | 19 | 5000 alps supply | 9 |
trinity alps resort | 16 | agency alps estate in real | 9 |
alps md 5000 | 15 | alps in skiing swiss | 9 |
alps picture | 14 | southern alps | 8 |
alps picture swiss | 14 | alps md 1000 | 8 |
switzerland alps | 13 | alps automotive | 8 |
alps printer cartridge | 13 | alps alyssa gallery | 8 |
austria alps | 13 | alps touchpad | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Alps"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Alpe. (various references) | |
Albanian | Alpe. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Алпи. (various references) | |
Chinese | 阿尔卑斯 (Alp). (various references) | |
Czech | Alpy. (various references) | |
Danish | Alperne, Alper. (various references) | |
Dutch | Alpen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Alpoj. (various references) | |
Finnish | alppijono (chain of alps), Alpit (the Alps), Bernin alpit (Bernese Alps). (various references) | |
French | Alpes. (various references) | |
German | Alpen. (various references) | |
Greek | άλπεισ, άλπαι. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Alpok. (various references) | |
Irish | Alpa. (various references) | |
Italian | Alpi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アルファ粒子 (albumin, alpha particle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アルプス . (various references) | |
Manx | Ny Beinnyn Alpagh (The Alps). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alpsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | alpes (alp). (various references) | |
Russian | Альпы. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | alpi. (various references) | |
Spanish | Alpes. (various references) | |
Swedish | Alperna. (various references) | |
Turkish | Alpler, Alp Dağları, Alp (alp, hero). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Альпи. (various references) | |
Welsh | Alpau, Yr Alpau. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Alpes. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Alps": palps, pedipalps, salps, scalps. (additional references) | |
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"Alps" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aapso, afps, Alcs, alips, alos, alpa, alpas, Alpe, alpes, alph, alpo, alus, aops, apl, aples, apls, aplu, appz, aps, Apsg, apz, atps, aulp, Axps, elps, epls, flps, Lapsy, lapz, lps, ulps. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Alps" (pronounced a"lps) |
| 4 | a" l p s | scalps. |
| 3 | -l p s | gulps, helps, kelps. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: laps, pals, salp, slap. | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-p-s" | |
-1 letter: alp, als, asp, lap, las, pal, pas, sal, sap, spa. | |
-2 letters: al, as, la, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-p-s" | |
+1 letter: claps, clasp, flaps, lamps, lapis, lapse, leaps, opals, pails, pales, palls, palms, palps, palsy, pawls, peals, plans, plash, plasm, plats, plays, pleas, psalm, salep, salpa, salps, scalp, sepal, slaps, spail, spale, spall, splat, splay. | |
+2 letters: alephs, alphas, ampuls, appals, appels, apples, asleep, aslope, clamps, clasps, claspt, copals, elapse, espial, galops, jalaps, jalops, kalpas, lampas, lapels, lapins, lapsed, lapser, lapses, lapsus, layups, limpas, lipase, maples, milpas, nopals, padles, palais, palest, palets, palish, palpus, panels, parles, parols, pascal, passel, pastel, pastil, pausal, pearls, pedals, petals, phials, pibals, pilafs, pilaus, pilaws, pipals, places, placks, plages, plaids, plains, plaits, planes, planks, plants, plashy, plasma, plasms, plates, platys, playas, plazas, pleads, please, pleats, polars, polkas, postal, psalms, psylla, pulsar, ralphs, saleps, saloop, salpae, salpas, salpid, sample, scalps, sepals, septal, spails, spales, spalls, spinal, spiral, spital, splake, splash, splats, splays, sporal, sprawl, staple, sulpha, tepals, ulpans. | |
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