Dinaric Alps


plural noun
  1. a range of the Alps paralleling the eastern Adriatic coast from Slovenia to northern Albania: extends across western Croatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Highest peak, 8,714 feet (2,656 meters).

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How to use Dinaric Alps in a sentence

  • The southern ranges revert again to the northwest to southeast trend lines characteristic of the Dinaric Alps.

    Area Handbook for Albania | Eugene K. Keefe

British Dictionary definitions for Dinaric Alps

Dinaric Alps

/ (dɪˈnærɪk, daɪ-) /


pl n
  1. a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)

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