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Alpine definition

Al·pine (al′pīn′, -pin)

adjective

  1. of the Alps or the peoples living in the region of the Alps
    1. of or like high mountains
    2. growing in high altitudes above the timberline
  3. designating or having to do with downhill or slalom skiing
  4. designating or of a physical type of the Caucasoid peoples exemplified by the broad-headed, brown-haired, medium-statured people of the Alps

Etymology: L alpinus < Alpes, the Alps

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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