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Dolomite Alps
A limestone mountain range forming the S. of the Eastern Alps, in the Tyrol and N. Italy, famous for the remarkable and fantastic shapes they assume; named after Dolomieu, a French mineralogist, who studied the geology of them.
- Part of Speech: noun
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- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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