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A.L.P.
American Labor Party.
Also, ALP.
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Alp
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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alp (ælp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in the European Alps) an area of pasture above the valley bottom but below the mountain peaks |
| 2. | a high mountain |
| [C14: back formation from Alps, from French Alpes (pl), from Latin Alpēs, from Greek Alpeis] | |
| ALP | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Australian Labor Party | |
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Word Origin & History
Alp
1590s, "any high, snow-capped mountain," from Alps, from Fr. Alpes, from L. Alpes "the Alps," perhaps from altus "high," or albus "white" or from a Celtic word (according to Servius), or a pre-I.E. root. Alpenstock (1829) "long iron-pointed staff used for hiking in mountains" is Ger., lit. "Alpine stick."
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Computing Dictionary
ALP definition
languageA list processing extension of Mercury Autocode.
["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962].
(1995-01-24)
American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| ALP American Labor Party |
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Known as the alp for short, the party is the current governing party of australia.
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