Allier

American  

[a-lyey] / aˈlyeɪ /

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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Example Sentences

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

Angrily swollen, the Allier River inundated parts of Vichy itself, nearby Puy-de-D�me, and neighboring farmlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

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)

BRIOUDE, a town of central France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Haute-Loire, on the left bank of the Allier, 1467 ft. above the sea, 47 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various