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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain system extending about 1,200 km (745 mi) from northwest Italy south to the Strait of Messina. The highest peak is Mount Corno, rising to 2,912 m (9,554 ft).
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mountain range stretching 1,200 km from the north to the south ofItaly along its east coast, traversing the entireApennine Peninsula , and forming the backbone of the country.
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- noun a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula
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Examples
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The mountains he called the Apennines, and that volcano's
The Lani People 1951
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The opinion of a man who passed his life between the Alps and the Apennines, is undoubtedly of great weight; yet I observe,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The Alps only reached above twelve thousand at the peaks, and the Apennines were a good deal lower.
Flying Finish Francis, Dick, 1920- 1966
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The fastnesses of the Apennines were their sole safety; and thither -- scarce daring to stop to pillage for victuals -- they hurried their weary steps.
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903
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In company with Count Paar from Vienna, the most excellent travelling companion, and a young nobleman from Hungary, I now travelled on with a vetturino for five days: solitary, and more picturesque than habitable inns among the Apennines were our night's quarters.
The True Story of My Life Andersen, Hans Christian, 1805-1875 1847
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The distance is not very great, and so long as you are in the mountains you will probably be safe; but in leaving this range and gaining the southern Apennines, which is your point of arrival, you will have to cross the open country.
Lothair Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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The highest summit on the Moon is Mons Huygens, in the lunar Apennines, which is 15,000ft.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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To the west of the Apennines is the European plate, and to the south is the African plate, which is moving slowly northwards, Musson explained.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Roger Musson of the British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh, Scotland, said the Apennines were a hotspot for large quakes, and an event of this magnitude "is not really a surprise."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Crathis, a river 58 m. long, the only considerable one in Calabria), the granite mountains of Calabria proper (though still called Apennines in ordinary usage) begin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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