Alsàcia

See also: Alsacia, alsacià, and Alsácia

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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alsàcia f

  1. Alsace (a 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)

Derived terms

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