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MASSIF CENTRAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Massif Central mean?
• MASSIF CENTRAL (noun)
The noun MASSIF CENTRAL has 1 sense:
1. a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country
Familiarity information: MASSIF CENTRAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
massif (a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range)
plateau; tableland (a relatively flat highland)
Holonyms ("Massif Central" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
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