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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 countryplay

  Familiarity information: MASSIF CENTRAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MASSIF CENTRAL (noun)


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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