Meanings
proper nounMaritime Alps pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyA part of the Alps between France and Italy.
1 more example
The city of Coni, from the nature of its ſituation, at the extremity of one of those three grand valleys, which I have heretofore claſſed as primitive, may be said to form a central point of union at the foot of the Cottian and Maritime Alps, to a number of ſecondary valleys which deſcend from theſe tremendous heights.
1795, Jean-François Albanis Beaumont, Travels Through the Maritime Alps from Italy to Lyons Across the Col de Tende, by the Way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, Etc., London: T. Bensley, page 27
Translations
German Seealpen, Meeralpen
- Seealpenpart of the Alps
- Meeralpenpart of the Alps
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Maritime Alps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maritime%20Alps
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“Maritime Alps.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maritime%20Alps. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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