Alsace

See also: alsace

English

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo "inhabitant of the other" (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz ‎(“other”) + *sitjaną ‎(“inhabitant, literally "sitter"”).

Proper noun

Alsace

1. A region located on the west bank of the upper Rhine, and now part of France, which changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

Translations

region on the west bank of the upper Rhine

• Armenian: Էլզաս ‎(Ēlzas)
• Bavarian: Öisass
• Catalan: Alsàcia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾薩斯 (zh), 阿尔萨斯 (zh) ‎(Ā'ěrsàsī)

• Danish: Alsace (da)
• Dutch: Elzas (nl)
• Esperanto: Alzaco
• Finnish: Elsass (fi)
• French: Alsace (fr) f
• German: Elsass (de) n, Elsaß (de) n

  Alemannic German: ’s Elsass

• Hungarian: Elzász (hu)

• Ido: Alzacia (io)
• Irish: An Alsáis f
• Italian: Alsazia f
• Japanese: アルザス ‎(Aruzasu)
• Kashubian: Elzas
• Polish: Alzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alsácia f
• Russian: Эльза́с (ru) m ‎(Elʹzás)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Елзас m, Алсаце m

  Roman: Elzas (sh) m, Alsace (sh) m

• Silesian: Alzacyjo
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Elsaska

  Upper Sorbian: Elsaska

• Spanish: Alsacia f
• Swedish: Elsass (sv) n, Alsace (sv) n

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French

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Alsace f

1. Alsace (region of France)

Anagrams

• écalas

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Alsace m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Алсаце)

1. Alsace

Synonyms

• Elzas