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Apennine

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Ap´en`nine
a.1.Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.
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A gang of beggars have their Patrico, and the banditti of the Apennines have among them persons acting as monks and priests, by whom they are confessed, and who perform mass before them.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Geography was taught chiefly by making boys draw maps, and this was a favourite occupation, especially when the country dealt with was mountainous: it was possible to waste a great deal of time in drawing the Andes or the Apennines.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
This mountain separated the Apennines from the Carpathians.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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