Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region and former province of eastern France between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. Along with neighboring Lorraine, it was annexed by Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War and returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles (1919).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
région ofFrance , formerly belonging toGermany .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a region of northeastern France famous for its wines
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Examples
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For that day M. Hamel had prepared for us some quite fresh copies, on which was written in beautiful round hand: _France, Alsace, France, Alsace_.
Winning a Cause World War Stories Inez Bigwood 1901
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They followed Jacquy to his family home in Alsace, where he has to practice doing his entry.
Jay Weston: Kings of Pastry Takes the Cake! Jay Weston 2010
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I find that the average price from Alsace is $62 per bottle.
Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2009
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On a different note, my wife and I just returned from two weeks in Alsace where we did a lot of hiking which included hiking through the vineyards.
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I'm dismissive because in Alsace the good GC sites have a track record of many decades or centuries for producing the best gewurz (or riesling, pinot gris, etc.).
Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2009
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They followed Jacquy to his family home in Alsace, where he has to practice doing his entry.
Jay Weston: Kings of Pastry Takes the Cake! Jay Weston 2010
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Taking us from her childhood in Alsace-Lorraine to her summers in Provence and her busy life in New York and Paris, this book of scrumptious Gallic wisdom and wit shows how anyone anywhere can develop a healthy, holistic lifestyle.
French Women for All Seasons by Mireille Guiliano: Book summary 2010
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They followed Jacquy to his family home in Alsace, where he has to practice doing his entry.
Jay Weston: Kings of Pastry Takes the Cake! Jay Weston 2010
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They followed Jacquy to his family home in Alsace, where he has to practice doing his entry.
Jay Weston: Kings of Pastry Takes the Cake! Jay Weston 2010
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They followed Jacquy to his family home in Alsace, where he has to practice doing his entry.
Jay Weston: Kings of Pastry Takes the Cake! Jay Weston 2010
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