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Alsace

American  
[al-sas, -seys, al-sas, -seys, al-zas] / ælˈsæs, -ˈseɪs, ˈæl sæs, -seɪs, alˈzas /

noun

  1. a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.


Alsace British  
/ ælˈsæs, alzas /

noun

  1. Ancient name: Alsatia.  German name: Elsass.  a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)

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The pair were last seen Sunday around 4 a.m. near Ferndale Street and Alsace Avenue, according to an Amber Alert issued Monday.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

The boy was found on Monday after neighbours in the town of Hagenbach, Alsace, heard "sounds of a child" coming from the van, which was parked in the common area of a block of flats.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

Using advanced multi-isotope analysis, the team reconstructed the life histories of individuals buried in mass graves in Alsace in northeastern France.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2026

Later that year, in Alsace, Paul, then a major, met my grandmother Gabrielle Genoud, who had joined de Gaulle’s troops as an ambulance driver in 1942 in Algeria.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

I would become the family’s quiet and not-too-bright cousin from Alsace, whose parents have been bombed out and who has come here to be looked after and help with the farm.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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