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Rhineland

American  
[rahyn-land, -luhnd] / ˈraɪnˌlænd, -lənd /

noun

  1. that part of Germany W of the Rhine.

  2. Rhine Province.


Rhineland British  
/ ˈraɪnˌlænd, -lənd /

noun

  1. German name: Rheinland. the region of Germany surrounding the Rhine

"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

Rhineland Cultural  
  1. Picturesque region of Germany, along the Rhine River.


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The findings were first identified using data from DZNE's Rhineland Study and then independently confirmed in another population.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The profusion of killing leads Mr. Winder to describe the contested Rhineland, across which so many rival armies have fought, as “a battlefield interrupted, every now and then, by a truce.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Hildegard is best known for the music she produced in her Rhineland German monastery and for the transcriptions of her luminous visions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

On March 2, 1936, about three thousand German troops reoccupied the Rhineland, a part of Germany demilitarized by the Treaty.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

On May 30, 1942, one thousand British planes attacked Cologne, Germany, leaving the Rhineland city in flames.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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