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Definition of Auvergne
1. Noun. A region in central France.
Definition of Auvergne
1. Proper noun. A région and historical province of France. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auvergne
Literary usage of Auvergne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Bouillon and Auvergne, however, were certainly implicated in ... Biron and Auvergne
were arrested. Biron was sent to trial before the Parlement. ..."
2. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1857)
"Volcanic Rocks of Auvergne.—THE extinct volcanos of Auvergne and Cantal in Central
France seem to have commenced their eruptions in the Upper Eocene period, ..."
3. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1909)
"In Auvergne, on the other hand, we find the solid, homogeneous roof to be the
... In Auvergne, this roofing most commonly consisted of stone flagging which ..."
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