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Meurthe-et-Moselle

American  
[mœr-tey-maw-zel] / mœr teɪ mɔˈzɛl /

noun

  1. a department in NE France. 2,038 sq. mi. (5,280 sq. km). Nancy.


Meurthe-et-Moselle British  
/ mœrtemozɛl /

noun

  1. a department of NE France, in Lorraine region. Capital: Nancy. Pop: 718 250 (2003 est). Area: 5280 sq km (2059 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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Police have urged the public to avoid the area around the airport in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Yves Seguy, the prefect of the eastern department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, said that no bystanders were injured in the incident, according to news agency AFP.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

In the Meurthe-et-Moselle region of eastern France, a dozen villages have been shutting off their streetlights at midnight.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2022

In the vicinity of Pompey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, bombs were dropped.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

We arrived in the Department of Meurthe-et-Moselle on the 26th of October, and visited a great number of communes in the arrondissements of Nancy and Lunéville.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various

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