Auvergne


a former province in central France.
Historical Examples

I should have preferred to go quite into the country, into Auvergne, where my husband has a house.
Madame de Mauves Henry James

In France it is somewhat more usual, and in Auvergne it is the rule.
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Edward A. Freeman

They would find a world of things to say of the rugged fairyland of Auvergne or the swooning loveliness of the Côte d’Azur.
The Mountebank William J. Locke

I will notify it to him, who is at present with his Provincial Assembly in Auvergne.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson

The most interesting and perhaps the best-known French peasant jewellery is that of Normandy and the Auvergne.
Jewellery H. Clifford Smith,

In 1095 a great council was held in Auvergne, in the city of Clermont.
A Source Book for Mediaeval History Oliver J. Thatcher

But you can so watch the grand chain of old volcanoes which are the rampart of Auvergne.
First and Last H. Belloc

The same trait is very conspicuous in the volcanic districts of Auvergne.
The Cradle of Mankind W.A. Wigram

They appear as a broken border round the old crystalline nucleus of Auvergne.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 5 Various

He belongs to a noble family in Auvergne, and is a relative of our dear Sr.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 Various

noun
a region of S central France: largely mountainous, rising over 1800 m (6000 ft)

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