Cenis
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6,834 feet (2,083 meters) high.
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How to use Cenis in a sentence
We reached Mont Cenis duly, and, as we heard so much of this terrible tunnel, we almost dreaded passing through it.
From the Thames to the Tiber | J. WardleIt was left for the nineteenth century to re-discover the instrument when the Mont Cenis tunnel was half completed.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald SayceIt is thus that it may be said to have been the prototype of its great successor, the Mont Cenis.
Would there be an accident at the summit level of the Mont Cenis tunnel, to prevent his ever reaching the goal of his ambition?
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3) | Grant Allen"I am not strong enough for all this," she thought, in the Mont Cenis tunnel.
Dangerous Ages | Rose Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for Cenis
/ (French səni) /
Mont Cenis a pass over the Graian Alps in SE France, between Lanslebourg (France) and Susa (Italy): nearby tunnel, opened in 1871. Highest point: 2082 m (6831 ft): Italian name: Monte Cenisio (ˈmonte tʃeˈniːzjo)
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