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Cévennes

American  
[say-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).


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

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022

When she finds out their lovers’ retreat has been jettisoned so that Vladimir can hike in the Cévennes with his wife and daughter, Antoinette impulsively follows suit with vague intentions of spontaneously running into him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

But other analyses — of a 2013 heat wave in Argentina, extreme rainfall in the Cévennes Mountains in France in 2014 and an extremely hot spring in South Korea that year — found a connection.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016

Compared with 1950, climate change tripled the chance of extreme rainfall in southern France’s Cévennes Mountains.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 5, 2015

The amount from two hundred thousand to two hundred fifty thousand, from the Revocation to the commencement of the following century, that is, to the revolt of Cévennes, seems most probable.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd

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