Alsace

American  

[al-sas, -seys, al-sas, -seys, al-zas] / ælˈsæs, -ˈseɪs, ˈæl sæs, -seɪs, alˈzas /

noun

1. a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.

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Alsace British  

/ alzas, ælˈsæs /

noun

1. Ancient name: Alsatia.  German name: Elsass.  a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Dreyfus, a 36-year-old army captain from the Alsace region of eastern France, was accused in October 1894 of passing secret information on new artillery equipment to a German military attache.

From Barron's

For the people of Alsace, a French region close to the German border, local pride is a huge part of life.

From BBC

Dina Paredes, 57, a housekeeper at the Alsace Hotel, a boutique property in West Adams, said she and her husband are afraid to go outside, even though they have formal immigration status.

From Los Angeles Times

The provinces of Alsace and Lorraine were to be returned to France.

From Literature

A Spanish judge issued a European detention order and one of them was held in Scherwiller and the other at the airport of Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, both in the north-eastern Alsace region, the civil guard reported.

From BBC