Auvergne

[ oh-vairn, oh-vurn; French oh-vern-yuh ]

noun

1. a former province in central France.

Auvergne

/ əʊˈvɛən; ovɛrɲ; əʊˈvɜːn /

noun

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

Example Sentences

He quickly became chief of staff at the Finance Ministry and then won a National Assembly seat representing Auvergne in 1956.

From Washington Post

Now when the south wind blew gently with the advancing spring, Richard set forth for Auvergne.

From Project Gutenberg

There has come a travelling jongleur from Auvergne, who tells a wonderful tale of your deed at Valmont.

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Far and wide stretched the pleasant Auvergne country; corn-land and orchard, green but browning with the dying summer.

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He was one of the sublimest geniuses the world ever produced; was born at Clermont, in Auvergne, in 1623.

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But first of all, brothers, answer me this question: Under whose royal claws did this beautiful land of Auvergne fall?

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