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Bas-Rhin

American  
[bah-ran] / bɑˈrɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a department in NE France. 1,848 sq. mi. (4,785 sq. km). Strasbourg.


Bas-Rhin British  
/ bɑrɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Bas-Rhin region's Fire and Rescue Service posted on X urging people to avoid the area to allow emergency services to access the area.

From BBC Jan. 11, 2025

You can pick and choose from the cornucopia on display at the Bas-Rhin bakers federation; these industrious boulangers set up a tent on the Place du Marché-aux-Poissons and offer workshops and recipe booklets.

From Washington Post Dec. 16, 2021

We are here on the borders of the lost provinces, the two fair and rich departments of Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin, now effaced from the map of France.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Then there was the Café du Bas-Rhin on the Boul' Mich' where Marie la Démocrate drank fifty-five bocks in an evening against Hélène la Sévère who drank fifty-three.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

In vain has the directory of the Bas-Rhin ordered its release; the Belfort municipality paid no attention to the order.

From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by Durand, John

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