Allier
Americannoun
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a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
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a department in central France. 2,850 sq. mi. (7,380 sq. km). Moulins.
noun
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a department of central France, in Auvergne region. Capital: Moulins. Pop: 342 307 (2003 est). Area: 7382 sq km (2879 sq miles)
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a river in S central France, rising in the Cévennes and flowing north to the Loire. Length: over 403 km (250 miles)
Example Sentences
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Angrily swollen, the Allier River inundated parts of Vichy itself, nearby Puy-de-D�me, and neighboring farmlands.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chauffeur drove Admiral Darlan down past Paris and Orleans, past Nevers and the country of the milk-white cows, across the demarcation line at Moulins and up the stony Allier to Vichy.
From Time Magazine Archive
His birthplace, Moulins, an old provincial town on the banks of the Allier, where he spent a happy childhood, made little impression on him.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Through this sorry landscape trickled the Allier and a tributary of nearly equal size, which came down to join it through a broad nude valley in Vivarais.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
We passed Riom, Gannat, Aigueperse, I know; and at Moulins, in the valley of the Allier, we lunched in a hurry.
From The Motor Maid by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
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