- Graian Alps
- geographical name section of W Alps S of Mont Blanc on border between France & Italy — see Gran Paradiso
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Graian Alps
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Graian Alps — [grā′ən] division of the W Alps, along the French Italian border: highest peak, c. 13,320 ft (4,060 m) * * * ▪ mountains, Europe French Alpes Grées, or Alpes Graies, Italian Alpi Graie, northern segment of the Western Alps along the… … Universalium
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