Alsace
pronunciation
How to pronounce Alsace in British English:
UK [ælˈsæs]
How to pronounce Alsace in American English:
US [ælˈsæs, -ˈses]
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- Noun:
- a region of northeastern France famous for its wines
Word Origin
- Alsace
- region between France and Germany (disputed by them 18c.-19c.), Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German *Ali-sazzo "inhabitant of the other (bank of the Rhine)," from Proto-Germanic *alja "other" + Old High German -sazzo "inhabitant," literally "one who sits." Alsatian was adopted 1917 by the Kennel Club for "German Shepherd dog" to avoid the wartime associations of German; the breed has no connection with Alsace.
Example
- 1. Alsace has a good network of trains and buses .
- 2. A local parish church and a wine wagon in provincial alsace , france .
- 3. The wine list includes an alsace gewurztraminer and as many as seven ibicenco riojas and crianzas .
- 4. I grew up in alsace in strasbourg , by the canal ; the family business was coal handling .
- 5. Franco-german territorial disputes , in part over control of the iron ore and steelmaking capacity of alsace 's neighbour , lorraine , helped take europe to war .