Cévennes

American  

[sey-ven] / seɪˈvɛn /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a mountain range in S France. Highest peak, Mt. Mézenc, 5,753 feet (1,754 meters).

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Cévennes British  

/ sevɛn /

noun

1. a mountain range in S central France, on the SE edge of the Massif Central. Highest peak: 1754 m (5755 ft)

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Example Sentences

The 77-year-old missed a bend on his bike on his way home from the supermarket on a lonely road in the mountainous Cevennes region, careening down a rocky slope and into the ravine near Saint-Julien-des-Points.

From Barron's

This is the work of Crumb’s I keep thinking about on the summer afternoon I arrive in a medieval village in the Cévennes region of southern France.

From New York Times

The Cévennes itinerary isn’t exactly the Appalachian Trail, and Antoinette doesn’t have to face down any huge physical challenges.

From Washington Post

Or, more accurately, its mountain setting was inspired by the hiking itinerary Stevenson wrote about in his 1879 memoir “Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes.”

From Washington Post

Too bad Vlad the family man has to cancel the lovers’ retreat they had planned when his wife supposedly drags him on a weeklong hike through the Cévennes National Park.

From New York Times