Chamonix

[ sham-uh-nee, sham-uh-nee; French sha-maw-nee ]

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noun

Chamonix

/ ʃamɔni; ˈʃæmənɪ /

a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9830 (1999)

But Pasang outpaced them, impressed her instructors and won a scholarship for more training in Chamonix, France.

Skiing may claim to be the height of sophistication—the stuff of Chamonix and Gstaad.

Places like Verbier, Chamonix, or St. Moritz offer all the Alpine charms, but with a hint of glamour and style.

His first walking was in the Chamonix district; and here he very soon found his strength and elasticity come back to him.

Then he went to the doctor of Chamonix, Michel Paccard, and told him his secret.

The valley of Chamonix is supposed to be due to glacial action.

Both travellers died before morning, and the guides then attempted to descend to Chamonix.

As exciting an experience as can well be imagined took place on the Aiguille du Midi at Chamonix in 1871.

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