Alsace
[æl'sæs]
Definition
(noun.) a region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
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Examples
- The Belgians left, the train ran on, through Luxembourg, through Alsace-Lorraine, through Metz. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On July 6 a little boy, Joseph Meister, from a small place in Alsace w as brought by his mother to Paris for treatment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- By that peace the power of the Emperor was reduced to a shadow, and the acquisition of Alsace brought France up to the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We find in 236 A.D. a people called the Franks breaking bounds upon the Lower Rhine, and another, the Alamanni, pouring into Alsace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These are Alsace, the three bishoprics of Mentz, Toul, and Verdun, and the three cities of Dunkirk, Bayonne, and Marseilles. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Noteworthy among the contributors were the Emperor of Brazil, the Czar of Russia, the Sultan of Turkey, and the peasants of Alsace. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Sédillot (the originator of the term microbe), at the head of an ambulance corps in Alsace, was a pioneer in the rapid transport of wounded from the fiel d of battle. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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