Cévennes

[ sey-ven ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a mountain range in S France. Highest peak, Mt. Mézenc, 5,753 feet (1,754 meters).

Cévennes

/ sevɛn /

noun

1. a mountain range in S central France, on the SE edge of the Massif Central. Highest peak: 1754 m (5755 ft)

Example Sentences

This is the work of Crumb’s I keep thinking about on the summer afternoon I arrive in a medieval village in the Cévennes region of southern France.

From New York Times

Or, more accurately, its mountain setting was inspired by the hiking itinerary Stevenson wrote about in his 1879 memoir “Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes.”

From Washington Post

The Cévennes itinerary isn’t exactly the Appalachian Trail, and Antoinette doesn’t have to face down any huge physical challenges.

From Washington Post

Too bad Vlad the family man has to cancel the lovers’ retreat they had planned when his wife supposedly drags him on a weeklong hike through the Cévennes National Park.

From New York Times

When she finds out their lovers’ retreat has been jettisoned so that Vladimir can hike in the Cévennes with his wife and daughter, Antoinette impulsively follows suit with vague intentions of spontaneously running into him.

From Los Angeles Times