Meuse

[ myooz; French mœz ]

noun

1. Dutch Maas [mahs]. a river in western Europe, flowing from northeastern France through eastern Belgium and southern Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
2. a department in northeastern France. 2,409 sq. mi. (6,240 sq. km). : Bar-le-Duc.

Meuse

/ møz; mɜːz /

noun

1. a department of N France, in Lorraine region: heavy fighting occurred here in World War I. Capital: Bar-le-Duc. Pop: 191 728 (2003 est). Area: 6241 sq km (2434 sq miles)
2. a river in W Europe, rising in NE France and flowing north across E Belgium and the S Netherlands to join the Waal River before entering the North Sea. Length: 926 km (575 miles) Dutch nameMaas

Example Sentences

From thence the Meuse flows to the north till it enters Belgium a short distance beyond the town of Givet.

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A state of war was the normal condition of society in the Valley of the Meuse and throughout the Ardennes.

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Eight hundred persons, tied together in pairs, were thrown into the Meuse and drowned.

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Emerging from this defile, it crosses the French frontier, and joins the Meuse near Montherm.

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The clocks were sent up the Meuse in barges to France, and there turned into copper money.

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