According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the Latin Alpes might derive from a pre-Indo-European word * alb "hill"; "Albania" is a related derivation. Albania, the name of the region known as the country of Albania, has been used as a name for several mountainous areas across Europe.

Les Alpes sont une chaîne de montagnes qui s'étend en Europe, recouvrant la frontière nord de l' Italie, le Sud-Est de la France, Monaco, la Suisse, le Liechtenstein, l' Autriche, le Sud de l' Allemagne, la Slovénie et la Hongrie.

Alps, a small segment of a discontinuous mountain chain that stretches from the Atlas Mountains of North Africa across southern Europe and Asia to beyond the Himalayas. The Alps extend north from the subtropical Mediterranean coast near Nice, France, to Lake Geneva before trending east-northeast to Vienna.

Los principales ríos europeos fluyen desde los Alpes, como el Rin, el Ródano, el Inn y el Po, todos los cuales tienen nacientes en los Alpes y desembocan en países vecinos, finalizando su recorrido en el mar del Norte, el mar Mediterráneo, el Adriático y el mar Negro.

Les Alpes font partie des chaînes alpines péri-téthysiennes, formées pendant le Mésozoïque et le Cénozoïque, qui s’étendent du Maghreb (par exemple le Haut Atlas marocain) à l’ Extrême-Orient (Himalaya).

The word is derived directly from the Latin word "Alpes," via French. The entire Alpine region has been a place where numerous peoples settled from the late Paleolithic period to the present day.

Where did the Alps get its name? In the first century BC, the Alps, or 'Alpes' were thought to have derived their name from the word 'ablus' - which means 'white'. This referred to the white snowy peaks of the mountains.

World-famous, beautiful, charming and exciting, the Alps often sound more like movie stars than mountains. Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland each offer an assortment of winter and summer sports, National Parks, and scenic tours on this legendary mountain range arcing 750 miles from Genoa to Vienna. Sample the region’s richly flavored mountain cheeses, comforting rosti ...

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