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Definition of Mont blanc

1. Noun. The highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high).

Definition of Mont blanc

1. Proper noun. The highest mountain in France ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Mont blanc

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"mont blanc—Its great Elevation. ... the other comprehends mont blanc and the circumjacent heights. ... than of mont blanc from the Col de Balme. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1830)
"We are not among those who consider as altogether useless and silly ostentation, the performance of such a feat as the ascent to the top of mont blanc. ..."

3. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"Another route leads from the Combal Lake across the Glacier de Miage and Glacier da Mont-Blanc to the Cabane du Kocher (10191') and the (7-8 hre. from ..."

4. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1903)
"5993 mont blanc. Ascent to the Summit of mont blanc, 22d and 23d of August, 1837, London, 1838; Ascent to the Summit of mont blanc in 1834, by Martin Barry. ..."

5. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1873)
"And yet mont blanc has merits which no unintelligent worship can obscure, ... mont blanc has other and less questionable claims on our respect. ..."

6. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1844)
"The summit was reached, and the unobstructed breeze, that blowed along the heavens, from the sea of Alpine peaks, fell upon me. mont blanc towered on my ..."

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