Puy-de-Dôme

American  

[pwee-duh-dohm] / pwi dəˈdoʊm /

noun

1. a mountain in central France. 4,805 feet (1,465 meters).

2. a department in central France. 3,095 sq. mi. (8,015 sq. km). Clermont-Ferrand.

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Puy de Dôme British  

/ pwi də dom /

noun

1. a department of central France in Auvergne region. Capital: Clermont-Ferrand. Pop: 609 817 (2003 est). Area: 8016 sq km (3094 sq miles)

2. a mountain in central France, in the Auvergne Mountains: a volcanic plug. Height: 1485 m (4872 ft)

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Example Sentences

A spectacular gilded-bronze bust of St. Baudime, one of the oldest known reliquaries of its kind, has traveled from its home in the parish church of Saint-Nectaire at Puy-de-Dôme in France especially for the occasion.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010

Earlier this week three FBI agents coordinated with the French police to arrest the man, who currently lives with his parents in the Puy-de-Dôme of central France, Mr. Coquillat said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2010

Another is that his reference to an experimentum crucis is an implicit nod to Pascal’s Puy-de-Dôme experiment: Pascal’s experiment had been preceded by earlier experiments and earlier theorizing, but in a way that was irrelevant.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Publication was important within this group, but no more important than private and semi-public correspondence: Mersenne wrote letters to Italy, Poland, Sweden and Holland announcing Pascal’s Puy-de-Dôme experiment.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Looking back in 1662, Boyle hailed the experiment at the Puy-de-Dôme as the experimentum crucis, the crucial experiment, which had validated a new physics.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton