Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An Alpine pass, 1,370 m (4,495 ft) high, connecting Innsbruck, Austria, with Bolzano, Italy. It has been a strategic trade and invasion route since Roman times.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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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Examples
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The photograph of my mother with Helen and two Italian border guards was taken at the Brenner Pass.
Family life 2011
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He moved Italian divisions into the Brenner Pass and made it clear that Italy would not tolerate a German annexation of Austria.
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Dave in Maryland writes: "One of the ugliest things I've seen in a long time was a McDonald's restaurant perched atop the Brenner Pass on the highway that takes you from the Austrian to the Italian Alps. McDonald's has its place in the world, but sitting in that beautiful setting isn't one of them."
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Weather canceled the initial bombing raid on the Innsbruck rail yard, but the air force caught up with the trains when they entered the Brenner Pass.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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Two days later, I drove down in a Volkswagen to the Brenner Pass and saw the destruction.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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Team Aztec and Team Tacoma worked together in the Belluno area, not far from the Brenner Pass.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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Two days later, I drove down in a Volkswagen to the Brenner Pass and saw the destruction.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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Team Aztec and Team Tacoma worked together in the Belluno area, not far from the Brenner Pass.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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Weather canceled the initial bombing raid on the Innsbruck rail yard, but the air force caught up with the trains when they entered the Brenner Pass.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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Team Aztec and Team Tacoma worked together in the Belluno area, not far from the Brenner Pass.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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