Ga·var·nie 
(găv′ər-nē, gä-vär-)
(găv′ər-nē, gä-vär-) A village of southwest France in the Pyrenees south of Lourdes. Nearby is the Cirque de Gavarnie, a vast natural amphitheater which is the site of the highest waterfall in France, about 422 m (1385 feet) high.