Meuse

American  

[myooz, mœz] / myuz, mœz /

noun

1. Dutch Maas.  a river in western Europe, flowing from northeastern France through eastern Belgium and southern Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.

2. a department in northeastern France. 2,409 sq. mi. (6,240 sq. km). Bar-le-Duc.

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Meuse British  

/ mɜːz, møz /

noun

1. a department of N France, in Lorraine region: heavy fighting occurred here in World War I. Capital: Bar-le-Duc. Pop: 191 728 (2003 est). Area: 6241 sq km (2434 sq miles)

2. Dutch name: Maas.  a river in W Europe, rising in NE France and flowing north across E Belgium and the S Netherlands to join the Waal River before entering the North Sea. Length: 926 km (575 miles)

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Example Sentences

Engie has already sought permission to tear down the reactor’s cooling towers that loom over the city of Huy from the banks of the Meuse River.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“The world is definitely a darker and eerily quieter place without you in it,” Meuse wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Levels were better in the Maas, also known as the Meuse, which flows from France into the Netherlands.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022

The first chapter begins at 1600 hours on May 13, 1940, as Gen. Erwin Rommel, commander of Germany’s 7th Panzer Division, is preparing to take his first tanks across the supposedly almost impassable Meuse River.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

As German troops tried to cross the Meuse River and storm the defensive forts, the Belgians opened fire and drove them back.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman