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/

Proper noun

Alsace

A historical 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. Since 2016 it has been part of the larger region of Grand Est.

Translations

region on the west bank of the upper Rhine

Afrikaans: Elsas
Albanian: Alsasa
Antillean Creole: Alzas
Arabic: أَلْزْاَس‎ m (ʾalzas)
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

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

Alsace (region of France)

Derived terms

Alsace-Lorraine

Related terms

alsacien, Alsacien

Anagrams

écalas

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Alsace m (Cyrillic spelling Алсаце)

Alsace
Synonym: Elzas