aile: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Basses-Alpes, cerfeuil des Alpes, cor des Alpes, euphraise des Alpes, fenouil des Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, soldanelle des Alpes
the Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) · a particular portion of the Alps
köken: Uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, rise”) or from a non-Indo-European (perhaps pre-Roman Alpine substrate) or Celtic source (compare Proto-Celtic *albiyū f (“alp”) or Scottish Gaelic alp f (“protuberance”)). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”, plural), Old High German alba (“alpine pasture”), Middle High German albe (“mountain meadow, high mountain, mountain…