Moselle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French Moselle, from Latin Mosella.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Moselle
- A river flowing from France into the Rhine at Koblenz (western Germany).
- One of the départements in Grand Est, France.
Translations[edit]
river
Noun[edit]
Moselle (countable and uncountable, plural Moselles)
- A light white wine, made from Riesling grapes originating in the valley of this river.
- 1790, James Boswell, Danziger & Brady, editor, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 28:
- I drank too much moselle, imagining it a mere diuretic.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Moselle f
- Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, in northeastern France)
- Moselle (a department of Grand Est, France)
Derived terms[edit]
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