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noun
- a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
noun
- a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)Ancient name: Alsatia German name: Elsass
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.