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Ce·nis (sə-nēʹ), Mont
A mountain pass, 2,083.5 m (6,831 ft) high, in the Alps on the French-Italian border. It was long important as an invasion route.
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Cenis, Mont — (spr. mong ßĕnī, ital. Monte Cenisio, lat. Mons Geminus), berühmter, 2098 m hoher Paß der Westalpen, der die Grajischen von den Kottischen Alpen trennt, liegt an der Grenze von Frankreich und Italien, zwischen den Tälern des Arc und der Dora… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Cenis, Mont — geographical name 1. mountain pass 6831 feet (2082 meters) between France & Italy over Mont Cenis Massif in Graian Alps 2. (or Fréjus) railroad tunnel 8.5 miles (13.6 kilometers) long piercing the Fréjus Massif SW of Mont Cenis … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cenis, Mont — Italian Monte Cenisio Massif and pass, Alps. Located in southeastern France west of Turin, Italy, the pass was an invasion route from earliest times and is traversed by a road 24 mi (38 km) long, built by Napoleon in 1803–10. The road climbs to… … Universalium
CENIS, MONT — one of the Cottian Alps, over which Napoleon constructed a pass 6884 ft. high in 1802 10, through which a tunnel 7½ m. long passes from Modane to Bardonnêche, connecting France with Italy; the construction of this tunnel cost £3,000,000, and… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
mont — [ mɔ̃ ] n. m. • Xe; lat. mons, montis ♦ Importante élévation de terrain. ⇒ montagne. 1 ♦ (En emploi libre) Poét. ou vx ⇒ butte, colline, élévation, hauteur, montagne. Du haut des monts. Spécialt Les monts : les Alpes. Au delà des monts. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Mont Cenis — Mont Cenis, s. Cenis, Mont … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Mont-Cenis — V. Cenis (Mont ) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Cenis — (Mont ) massif des Alpes occid. (3 320 m), en France. La route de Lyon à Turin passe par le col du Mont Cenis (2 083 m), au N. du massif … Encyclopédie Universelle
Mont — abbrev. Montana * * * (as used in expressions) Mont Cervin Blanc Mont Cenis Mont Du Mont Allen Balcom Mont Saint Michel * * * ▪ Egyptian god also spelled Montu, Monthu , or Mentu in ancient Egyptian religion, god of the 4th Upper… … Universalium
Mont Cenis — x Col du Mont Cenis Nord … Deutsch Wikipedia
