Apennines
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Ā̆pennīnus.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editthe Apennines pl (plural only)
- A mountain range in Italy, stretching 1,200 km from the north to the south of the country, along its east coast, traversing the entire Apennine Peninsula, and often called the "spine of Italy".
Synonyms
editTranslations
editmountain range
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Further reading
editReferences
edit- ^ “Apennines”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.