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Dolomites

[ doh-luh-mahyts, dol-uh- ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. a mountain range in N Italy: a part of the Alps. Highest peak, Marmolada, 10,965 feet (3,340 meters).


Dolomites

/ ˈdɒləˌmaɪts /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in NE Italy: part of the Alps; formed of dolomitic limestone. Highest peak: Marmolada, 3342 m (10 965 ft)


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Example Sentences

It reminded him a little of those swift piercing streams, neither blue nor green, that gush out of the dolomites.

For Nuvolau is fortunately placed in the very centre of the Dolomites, and so commands a finer view than many a higher mountain.

The hotel, in spite of its size, is excellent, and a few steps up the valley is one of the finest views in the Dolomites.

The authors of 'The Dolomites' did not go west of the Adige.

Of course the Dolomites do not belong to Switzerland as a State but only geologically.

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