Colmar

[ French kawl-mar; German kawl-mahr ]

/ French kɔlˈmar; German ˈkɔl mɑr /

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noun

a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.

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Words nearby Colmar

colluvium, colly, collyr., collyrium, collywobbles, Colmar, Cöln, colo-, coloboma, colobus, colocate

How to use Colmar in a sentence

He was born at Colmar, but probably studied under Roger van der Weyden.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
The human bones found in the loess of the Rhine, near Colmar, were two fossilized fragments of the skull.
A Manual of the Antiquity of Man|J. P. MacLean
When Dunthalmo heard of the approach of this army, he put Colmar to death.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Touched with pity for his two young sons (Calthon and Colmar), he took them to his own house and brought them up.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

The Hanoverian pianist has gone; the family from Colmar has gone; a young girl and her brother have arrived.
Amiel's Journal|Henri-Frdric Amiel

British Dictionary definitions for Colmar

Colmar

/ (French kɔlmar) /

noun

a city in NE France: annexed to Germany 1871–1919 and 1940–45; textile industry. Pop: 65 136 (1999)German name: Kolmar

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