Metz

American  

[mets, mes] / mɛts, mɛs /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Moselle, in NE France: fortress; battles 1870, 1918, 1940, 1944.

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Metz British  

/ mɛs, mɛts /

noun

1. a city in NE France on the River Moselle: a free imperial city in the 13th century; annexed by France in 1552; part of Germany (1871–1918); centre of the Lorraine iron-mining region. Pop: 123 776 (1999)

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Example Sentences

“We have not shied away from breaking the fourth wall,” says “Mormon Wives” showrunner Andrea Metz.

From Los Angeles Times

Nemo was the Fourth US Army Corps, stationed in Saint-Mihiel, leading French and American troops in an attempt to capture the city of Metz.

From Literature

“But they have refortified, they are attacking again, and we don’t have enough supplies left to make it to Metz.”

From Literature

The barracks didn’t burn down and that was all that I knew—I had stayed at my post while a fire raged around us, and I had connected the telephone calls between the trenches as the French and Americans planned to take the city of Metz.

From Literature

“Has there been any more news from the front? Did the Americans take Metz?”

From Literature