Colmar

[ French kawl-mar; German kawl-mahr ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.

Colmar

/ kɔlmar /

noun

1. a city in NE France: annexed to Germany 1871–1919 and 1940–45; textile industry. Pop: 65 136 (1999) German nameKolmar

Example Sentences

He was born at Colmar, but probably studied under Roger van der Weyden.

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The human bones found in the loess of the Rhine, near Colmar, were two fossilized fragments of the skull.

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When Dunthalmo heard of the approach of this army, he put Colmar to death.

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Touched with pity for his two young sons (Calthon and Colmar), he took them to his own house and brought them up.

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The Hanoverian pianist has gone; the family from Colmar has gone; a young girl and her brother have arrived.

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