Alsace

See also: alsace

English

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-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“to inhabit”, literally “to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈseɪs/, /ælˈsæs/, /ˈæl.seɪs/, /ˈæl.sæs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs, -æs

Proper noun

Alsace

2. 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. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

Translations

region on the west bank of the upper Rhine

• Abkhaz: ალზასი (alzasi)
• Afrikaans: Elsas
• Albanian: Alsasa
• Antillean Creole: Alzas
• Arabic: أَلْزْاَس m (ʔalzas)
• Armenian: Էլզաս (hy) (Ēlzas)
• Azerbaijani: Elsas
• Basque: Alsazia
• Bavarian: Öisass n, Elsass n, Ejsass n
• Belarusian: Эльзас m (Elʹzas)
• Bulgarian: Елзас m (Elzas)
• Catalan: Alsàcia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾薩斯／阿尔萨斯 (zh) (Ā'ěrsàsī)

• Corsican: Alsazia f
• Czech: Alsasko (cs) n
• Danish: Alsace (da) (French region), Elsass (German region)
• Dutch: Elzas (nl)
• Esperanto: Alzaco
• Estonian: Alsace (et)
• Finnish: Elsass (fi)
• French: Alsace (fr) f
• Friulian: Alsazie f
• Galician: Alsacia (gl) f
• Georgian: ელზასი (elzasi)
• German: Elsass (de) n, Elsaß (de) n

  Alemannic German: Elsàss n

• Greek: Αλσατία (el) f (Alsatía)
• Hebrew: אלזס m (alzas)
• Hungarian: Elzász (hu)
• Icelandic: Elsass n
• Ido: Alzacia (io)
• Indonesian: Alsace
• Irish: An Alsáis f
• Italian: Alsazia (it) f
• Japanese: アルザス (Aruzasu)
• Kashubian: Elzas
• Korean: 알자스 (Aljaseu)
• Latin: Alsatia f, Elisatia f
• Latvian: Elzasa f
• Lithuanian: Elzasas m
• Macedonian: Алзас m (Alzas), Елзас m (Elzas)
• Malay: Alsace
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Alsace n

  Nynorsk: Alsace n

• Occitan: Alsàcia f
• Persian: آلزاس (elzas)
• Polish: Alzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alsácia f
• Romanian: Alsacia f
• Russian: Эльза́с (ru) m (Elʹzás)
• Sardinian: Alsàtzia f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѐлзас m, Алсаце m

  Roman: Èlzas (sh) m, Alsace (sh) m

• Sicilian: Alsazzia f
• Silesian: Alzacyjo
• Slovak: Alsasko (sk) n
• Slovene: Alzacija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Elsaska

  Upper Sorbian: Elsaska

• Spanish: Alsacia f
• Swedish: Elsass (sv) n, Alsace (sv) n
• Thai: อาลซัส (aal-sás)
• Turkish: Alsas
• Ukrainian: Ельза́с m (Elʹzás)
• Urdu: الزاس
• Vietnamese: Alsace
• Welsh: Alsás f
• West Frisian: Elzas n
• Yiddish: עלזאַס n (elzas)

Anagrams

• calesa, scalae

French

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

• IPA^(key): /al.zas/

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• Rhymes: -as

Proper noun

Alsace 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

• Alsace-Lorraine

Related terms

• alsacien, Alsacien

Anagrams

• écalas

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Alsace m (Cyrillic spelling Алсаце)

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)

   Synonym: Elzas