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Alsace
[ al-sas, -seys, al-sas, -seys; French al-zas ]
noun
- a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
Alsace
/ alzas; ælˈsæs /
noun
- 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) Ancient nameAlsatia German nameElsass
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He was to be indemnified by the acquisition of Alsace and Lorraine, which were to be conquered by the help of Prussia.
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Having by clever diplomacy placed garrisons in several places in Alsace and the Palatinate, France takes part in the war.
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A similar shrinkage has been displayed in the case of the protesting Alsace-Lorrainers, who returned only two deputies in 1907.
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The attempt to reconcile the inhabitants of Alsace-Lorraine to their condition proved equally difficult.
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There was a perfect web of them, reaching all the way from Alsace and the Forest of Argonne to the sea.
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