Allier

American  

[a-lyay] / aˈljeɪ /

noun

1. a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.

2. a department in central France. 2,850 sq. mi. (7,380 sq. km). Moulins.

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Allier British  

/ alje /

noun

1. a department of central France, in Auvergne region. Capital: Moulins. Pop: 342 307 (2003 est). Area: 7382 sq km (2879 sq miles)

2. a river in S central France, rising in the Cévennes and flowing north to the Loire. Length: over 403 km (250 miles)

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Allier

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

A short distance to the south on the same side are the sources of the Allier and Lot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Vichy, a fashionable watering-place in Central France, on the Allier, at the foot of the volcanic mountains of Auvergne; has hot alkaline springs, much resorted to for their medicinal virtues.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

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 C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson

The train entered the Department of Allier, traveling Northeast, through Commentry, Villefranche, le Montel and Moulins.

From The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces by William Elmer Bachman

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