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Cervin
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French
fr:
Etymology
fr frm Servin, from fr fro Selvin, from fr la-lat mōns mountain la silvanus wooded. The first letter was changed to a C when Genevan geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure confused the name with fr cerf deer.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
Matterhorn
References
Déguisé le Mont-Cervin". 24 heures.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080318201740/http://www.swissworld.org/en/switzerland/swiss_specials/swiss_mountains/names/
fr Mountains