From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“to inhabit”, literally “to sit”).

• IPA^(key): /ælˈseɪs/, /ælˈsæs/, /ˈæl.seɪs/, /ˈæl.sæs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs, -æs

Alsace

1. A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

   Alternative form: Elsass

• Alsace-Lorraine

• calesa, scalae

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

• IPA^(key): /al.zas/

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• Rhymes: -as

Alsace f

1. Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

• Alsace-Lorraine
• alsacien, Alsacien

• écalas

Alsace m inan (Cyrillic spelling Алсаце)

1. Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

   Synonym: Elzas