alp

(ălp)
n.

1. A high mountain.
2. A very large mound or mass.

[Back-formation from the ALPS.]

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The shoulder of land above a glacial trough. The alp runs from the break of slope above the trough to the summer snowline, and the term is also used in Switzerland to signify summer pasture there.

(in clinical biochemistry) abbr. for alkaline phosphatase.

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Alkaline phosphatase.

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• Hills, Hollows, and Valleys - alp: high mountain

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - alpe, højt bjerg

abbr. - Australian Labor Party

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoge berg, bergweide

Français (French)
n. - alpe, montagne, pic

abbr. - (abrév = American Labor Party) parti travailliste Américain

Deutsch (German)
n. - Alp

abbr. - Amerikanische Labour Party

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ψηλό) βουνό, κορφοβούνι

Italiano (Italian)
alpe

Português (Portuguese)
n. - montanha (f) alta, cume (m), pastagem (f) no alto das montanhas

Русский (Russian)
высокая гора (особ. в Швейцарии и соседних странах)

Español (Spanish)
n. - montaña

abbr. - Partido Laborista Americano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - alp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
汇编语言程序, 美国工党

高山, 山坡上的草场, 险峰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 組合語言程式, 美國工黨

n. - 高山, 山坡上的草場, 險峰

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 높은 산, 스위스의 산허리의 목초지

abbr. - American Labor Party(미국 노동당)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 高山, 高峰

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جبل شاهق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הר גבוה, שטח מרעה על צלע הר (בשווייץ)‬
abbr. - ‮מפלגת העבודה האמריקנית‬

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