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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Monte Rosa and the Cervin alone still rose above us, but soon we should overlook them in our turn.

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

Madame Cervin watched him with a triumphant eye.

From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Cervin, Mont, the French name for the Matterhorn, 705 ft., the summit of the Pennine Alps, between Valais and Piedmont.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

My first object was to reach some spot commanding, as nearly as might be, the lateral profile of the Mont Cervin.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin

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