a region in south central France that was a province of the Roman Empire. The region is mountainous and contains extinct volcanic cones known as the Puys.

ORIGIN from Latin Arverni, the name of a Celtic tribe that lived there in Roman times.

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a river in western France that rises in the Massif Central and flows west for 225 miles (360 km) to the Bay of Biscay at Rochefort.

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