ALP

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ælp/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(alp)


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ALP
  1. Australian Labor Party
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
alp  (alp),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a high mountain.
  • back formation from Alps 1635–1645

A.L.P., 
  1. American Labor Party.
Also, ALP 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
alp / ælp/
  1. (in the European Alps) an area of pasture above the valley bottom but below the mountain peaks
  2. a high mountain

See also Alps, Australian AlpsEtymology: 14th Century: back formation from Alps, from French Alpes (pl), from Latin Alpēs, from Greek Alpeis
'ALP' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alpenhorn - alpenstock - alpestrine - alpine - elfin - oaf - transalpine

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