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)

Example Sentences

In the beginning, the company’s developers set out to make modern trail running shoes for rugged mountain races in the Alps, Pyrenees, and Dolomites.

From Outside Online

He also created a bucket list for other long-distance treks, from trails in Italy’s Dolomites to the South West Coast Path in Cornwall, England.

From Outside Online

Yes, there is a thrill to spinning along in the shadow of, say, the Dolomites, Tetons or Himalayas, but there is ample challenge and thrill to be had in more humble environs as well.

From Washington Post

Almost 20 years ago, Connie Kemmerer, one of the owners of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, located a couple of miles south of the park’s Granite Canyon entrance, was vacationing in the Dolomites in Italy.

From Outside Online

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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