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névé (nā vā′, nā′vā′)

noun

  1. firn
  2. the area above or at the head of a glacier that accumulates firn

Etymology: Fr (Swiss dial.), glacier, ult. < L nix (gen. nivis), snow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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