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Auvergne

American  
[oh-vairn, oh-vurn, oh-vern-yuh] / oʊˈvɛərn, oʊˈvɜrn, oʊˈvɛrn jə /

noun

  1. a former province in central France.


Auvergne British  
/ əʊˈvɛən, ovɛrɲ, əʊˈvɜːn /

noun

  1. a region of S central France: largely mountainous, rising over 1800 m (6000 ft)

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McIlroy will arrive with experience from holding similar roles with French rugby league club Catalans Dragons and Top 14 outfit Clermont Auvergne.

From BBC Oct. 1, 2025

A team from the University of Portsmouth in England, the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, and Université Clermont Auvergne in France, filmed 768 vocalisations in 28 young chimpanzees at a sanctuary in Zambia.

From Science Daily Oct. 17, 2023

He orchestrated Leicester's hard-fought 23-16 win over Clermont Auvergne in the Champions Cup on Saturday.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2022

Every year, farmers in France’s central region of Auvergne repeat the same process.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2022

He afterwards discovered that it had been used forty years ago as a gout-specific by the peasants of Auvergne.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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