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Brenner Pass   /brˈɛnər pæs/   Listen
Brenner Pass

noun
1.
An Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions.





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... the grapes ripen, and all about the castles perched like watch-towers along the Brenner route," thought the shy gentleman, wrapping the purchase in the bit of tissue-paper. "I must not forget to add that this Brenner Pass, where the traveller of to-day journeys on the railway from Munich to Verona, is one of the oldest highways in the world; the Etruscan merchants used to pass here, trading in iron with the Northern nations, long ...
— Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


Words linked to "Brenner Pass" :   mountain pass, Italia, Italian Republic, Italy, Oesterreich, notch, Austria, pass, Republic of Austria


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