Alost

[ French a-lawst ]

noun
  1. a city in central Belgium, northwest of Brussels.

  • Flemish Aalst [ahlst] /ɑlst/ .

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How to use Alost in a sentence

  • Gunther asked; and was told, Master Hugh, a merchant of Alost, he and his servants.

  • Quaint Alost among the trees is now a heap of blackened ruins.

  • Was the bayoneted girl child of Alost a pleasant dream creation?

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  • I have seen thirty thousand refugees, the inhabitants of Alost, come shuffling down the road past me.

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  • One hundred and twenty-six picture houses produced "Street Fighting in Alost."

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British Dictionary definitions for Alost

Alost

/ (French alɔst) /


noun
  1. a town in central Belgium, in East Flanders province. Pop: 76 852 (2004 est): Flemish name: Aalst

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