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Meaning of ALPINE

Pronunciation:  'alpIn, 'alpIn

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (biology) living or growing above the timber line; "alpine flowers"
  2. [adj]  relating to the Alps and their inhabitants; "Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany"
  3. [adj]  relating to or characteristic of alps; "alpine sports"
 
 Synonyms: highland(a), upland
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Al"pine\, a. [L. Alpinus, fr. Alpes the Alps: cf. F.
Alpin.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain;
   as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
2. Like the Alps; lofty. ``Gazing up an Alpine height.''
   --Tennyson.
 

 

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