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Cervin

American  
[ser-van] / sɛrˈvɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Mont French name of the Matterhorn.


Cervin British  
/ sɛrvɛ̃ /

noun

  1. the French name for Matterhorn

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Mr. Miskovitch, who had homes in Nice and Paris, is survived by his wife, Nita-Carol Cervin.

From New York Times Jun. 27, 2013

Others, such as Mont Cervin, are more difficult of access; but we perceived the summit of Mont Cervin twelve hundred feet below us!

From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Verne, Jules

The 18th of August I spent upon the Furgge glacier at the base of Mont Cervin, and what it taught me shall be stated in another place.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

Behind us Mont Cervin gathered the clouds more thickly round him, until finally his grand obelisk was totally hidden.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

A looker-on might have found the relations between Madame Cervin and her boarder puzzling at first sight.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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