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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).


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)

"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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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

Shot on location in the Cévennes, Vignal and cinematographer Simon Beaufils capture the region’s stunning natural beauty and use careful composition to craft the absurdist humor, situating Antoinette and Patrick within the vast landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022

The clinton and jacquez might have met a quiet death if not for a back-to-the-land movement that, starting in the 1970s, brought people like Mr. Garnier to the Cévennes.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2021

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

From National Geographic • Nov. 5, 2015

Loire, the largest river in France, 630 m., rises in the Cévennes, flows northwards to Orleans and westward to the Bay of Biscay, through a very fertile valley which it often inundates.

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

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