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Lozère

American  
[law-zer] / lɔˈzɛr /

noun

  1. a department in S France. 2,000 sq. mi. (5,180 sq. km). Mende.


Lozère British  
/ lɔzɛr /

noun

  1. a department of S central France, in Languedoc-Roussillon region. Capital: Mende. Pop: 74 234 (2003 est). Area: 5180 sq km (2020 sq miles)

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Warm winds from the south and south-west, striking against the cold mountains in the Lozère, have been condensed, and the water has flowed down in torrents towards the plain.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

The Republic has laid iron roads across the Lozère, thus redeeming the department from the isolation and inertia of former times.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

The little capital of the Lozère must by virtue of position become a tourist centre; surely the townsfolk will at last wake up to the importance of making their streets clean and wholesome.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

In front of me I saw a shallow valley, and beyond that the range of the Lozère, sparsely wooded and well enough modelled in the flanks, but straight and dull in outline. 

From Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The benefits of the railway in the Lozère and the Jura are incalculable from an economic point of view, to say nothing of the convenience and comfort thereby placed within reach of all classes.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

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