Cenis

[ suh-nee ]

noun

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

Cenis

/ səni /

noun

1. Mont Cenis
   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) Italian nameMonte Cenisioˈmonte tʃeˈniːzjo

Example Sentences

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

The stage began in the hills with one major climb up Col du Mont Cenis before flattening out for the long run to Ivrea, an ascent of the relatively minor Andrate, and the return to town.

From The Guardian

Another climb of the Mont Cenis won't be appreciated by the riders; it should see a long-range attack for the stage win go clear, with the field regrouping behind for the flat run-out towards Turin.

From The Guardian

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

Visconti's victory came after the peloton had agreed to neutralise the first 60km of the stage, a decision owing as much to collective morale and self-preservation as the presence of ice on the road to Mont Cenis, but the attacks began as soon as the summit came to sight.

From The Guardian