Apennines

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Ā̆pennīnus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈæpənaɪnz/
  • Hyphenation: Ap‧en‧nines[1]

Proper noun[edit]

the Apennines pl (plural only)

  1. 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".

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “Apennines”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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