APENNINES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apennines mean? 

• APENNINES (noun)
  The noun APENNINES has 1 sense:

1. a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula

  Familiarity information: APENNINES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APENNINES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Domain member region:

Caudine Forks (a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans)

Holonyms ("Apennines" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)