alpinism

noun
/ˈælpɪnɪzəm/

Etymology

From alpine + -ism.

  1. derived from Alpīnus
  2. suffixed as alpinism — “alpine + ism

Definitions

  1. Mountain climbing.

    • . . . our rapidly increasing knowledge of the Rocky Mountains of Canada for which geography is so greatly indebted to alpinism.

The neighborhood

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