Ortler

[ awrt-ler ]

noun

1. a range of the Alps in N Italy.
2. the highest peak of this range. 12,802 feet (3,902 meters).

Example Sentences

We were directly under the shadow of the Ortler, with its twelve thousand feet of rock and ice.

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The Ortler was transfigured, the Madatsch dazzling—almost blinding until our eyes had grown wonted to the brilliant spectacle.

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Pastor Ortler was still the same, preaching to his little flock, and giving freely of his means, his wife only slightly older.

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A multitude of mountains raised their crowns towards heaven, while above all rose the snow-white cone of the Ortler.

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