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Arvern
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English
Etymology
en member of Gaulish tribe :bor la:Arvernus 1 ++
Noun
en historical A member of the Arverns or Arverni, the ancient Gaulish (Celtic) tribe which inhabited what is now the Auvergne region of France.
en 1655 The Commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar https://books.google.com/books?id=lFNVl69bPFYC&pg=PA32 32 The Arverns and Rutenes were in due courſe of warre ſubdued by Q. Fabius Maximus […]
en 1844 The History of France 26–27 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAuMN5zZDKcC In the south the Arverns and all the Iberian populations of Aquitaine had, in general, remained faithful to their hereditary chiefs.
en 1993 From Gaul to De Gaulle: An Outline of French Civilization https://books.google.com/books?id=NB2gAAAAMAAJ 21 The Celts—Gauls as the Romans called them—were not a unified people. The numerous Gallic tribes, among which the Parisii, the Belgae, the Sequanes (Sequana-Seine) and the Arverns (in the Auvergne region), were mostly at war with one another.
Related terms
en Arvernia Arvernian Auvergne
Translations
French: fr Arverne mfbysense
Latin: la Arvernus m, la Arverna f
Portuguese: pt arverno m
Russian: ru арве́рн m
Spanish: es arverno m