Chamonix

French Cha·mou·ni

[sham-uh-nee, sham-uh-nee, sha-maw-nee]

noun

1. a mountain valley in E France, N of Mont Blanc.

Chamonix

/ ʃamɔni, ˈʃæmənɪ /

noun

1. a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9830 (1999)

Example Sentences

A three-sided black box in the back of the gallery showcases rich color tableaux and classic black-and-white portraits from “Poor Things,” the latter taken the old-fashioned way with insertable plates of Ilford HP5 film in a wood-and-carbon-fiber Chamonix 4x5 camera.

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One torrent of snow came in Val-Cenis, in the south-eastern Savoie region, killing four Norwegian skiers, while a Swiss skier died further north in the Haute-Savoie region, near Chamonix.

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Ms Manners is an alpinist, a mountain climber who specialises in difficult climbs, and now lives in Chamonix, France.

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Roberts, who made his first recorded climb at just three years old, clinched his first lead World Cup title at the Chamonix World Cup in July last year - three weeks after winning his first Word Cup title with Bouldering gold in Italy.

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The Haute-Savoie region is known for its outstanding Chamonix ski resort, which hosts World Cup races, for sweeping views across glacier fields to nearby Italy, and — some would say more importantly — as a producer of fine cheese.

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