1590s, "any high, snow-capped mountain," from Alps, from French Alpes, from Latin Alpes "the Alps," perhaps from altus "high," or albus "white" or from a Celtic [..]

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(n) any high mountain

The Adrian renegade, a Venetian by extraction, who forswore the Christian faith to become a commander in the Turkish army. He led the host to the siege of Corinth, while that country was under the dom [..]

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<programming language> A list processing extension of Mercury Autocode. ["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962]. (01 Jan 1995)

1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. "Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp." (Milton) "Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise." (Pope) 2. Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. The pl [..]

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Means &quot;hero&quot; in Turkish.