Cenis

[ suh-nee ]

noun

1. Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6,834 feet (2,083 meters) high.

Cenis

/ səni /

noun

1. Mont Cenis
   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 nameMonte Cenisioˈmonte tʃeˈniːzjo

Example Sentences

We reached Mont Cenis duly, and, as we heard so much of this terrible tunnel, we almost dreaded passing through it.

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It was left for the nineteenth century to re-discover the instrument when the Mont Cenis tunnel was half completed.

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It is thus that it may be said to have been the prototype of its great successor, the Mont Cenis.

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Would there be an accident at the summit level of the Mont Cenis tunnel, to prevent his ever reaching the goal of his ambition?

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"I am not strong enough for all this," she thought, in the Mont Cenis tunnel.

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