Arverni

/ɑːɹˈvɜːɹnaɪ/ noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions. historical, plural, plural-only

    "The vast plateau of the Massif Central was still the fortress it had been when the Arverni tribes held out against the Romans. Its rivers were unnavigable and its links to the rest of France practically non-existent."

Example

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"The vast plateau of the Massif Central was still the fortress it had been when the Arverni tribes held out against the Romans. Its rivers were unnavigable and its links to the rest of France practically non-existent."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Arvernī m pl.

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