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Cenis

American  
[suh-nee] / səˈni /

noun

  1. Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6,834 feet (2,083 meters) high.


Cenis British  
/ səni /

noun

  1. Italian name: Monte Cenisio.  a pass over the Graian Alps in SE France, between Lanslebourg (France) and Susa (Italy): nearby tunnel, opened in 1871. Highest point: 2082 m (6831 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 leg starts in the mountains, then offers the somewhat terrifying relief of a plummet down Mont Cenis before barrelling to its destination.

From The Guardian May 21, 2013

The frontier climb of Mont Cenis is over 2000m, but the Galibier, tackled via the Col du Télégraphe, is long and steep enough to decide the entire race.

From The Guardian May 19, 2013

In 1870, miners finished digging a nearly eight-mile-long tunnel through Mont Cenis, connecting the French and the Italian Alps.

From The New Yorker Sep. 15, 2008

The last time I crossed the Mont Cenis was by the Fell railway when we all started together from Aix.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

With the help of a special train, he carefully examined the works for the Mont Cenis tunnel then in progress.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson

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