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Alost

American  
[a-lawst] / aˈlɔst /

noun

  1. a city in central Belgium, northwest of Brussels.


Alost British  
/ alɔst /

noun

  1. Flemish name: Aalst.  a town in central Belgium, in East Flanders province. Pop: 76 852 (2004 est)

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Tough All Over Premier Joseph Stalin could ponder the news that the city fathers of Alost, Belgium had changed the postliberation name of Stalin Avenue back to the original, St. Anna.

From Time Magazine Archive

We may disagree about the present state of Alost and Termonde, considered as health-resorts for English girls, but it is pretty certain that without him we would none of us have got here.

From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by Sinclair, May

At the mention of Alost the Commandant's face becomes childlike again in its utter simplicity and innocence and candour.

From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by Sinclair, May

“You bet we can!” replied Renoux, jumping down beside him, followed by Westmore, Alost and Souchez in turn.

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

At the door of the tent was a peasant from the level land of Alost, and by his side two monks begged for alms.

From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de

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