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Mont Blanc

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Mont Blanc  (mônt blngk, mô blä)
See Mont Blanc.
Mont Blanc (French) [mɔ̃ blɑ̃]
n
(Placename) a massif in SW Europe, mainly between France and Italy: the highest mountain in the Alps; beneath it is Mont Blanc Tunnel, 12 km (7.5 miles) long. Highest peak (in France): 4807 m (15 771 ft.) Italian name Monte Bianco [ˈmonte ˈbjaŋko]
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Noun1.Mont BlancMont Blanc - the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)
Monte Bianco
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
Alps, the Alps - a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
Translations
Mont Blanc [mɔ̃blã] N → el Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc [mɔ̃ˈblɑ̃] n → il Monte Bianco
Mont Blanc [mɔ̃ˈblɑ̃] n → il Monte Bianco


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During this short voyage I saw the lightning playing on the summit of Mont Blanc in the most beautiful figures.
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And this would help him to understand why constructing artificial flowers or performing on a tread-mill is work, while rolling ten-pins or climbing Mont Blanc is only amusement.
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Here ample time will be given not only to look over the city, which was founded six hundred years before the Christian era, and its artificial port, the finest of the kind in the Mediterranean, but to visit Paris during the Great Exhibition; and the beautiful city of Lyons, lying intermediate, from the heights of which, on a clear day, Mont Blanc and the Alps can be distinctly seen.
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