Isère

[ ee-zair ]

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noun

a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
a department in SE France. 3,180 sq. mi. (8,235 sq. km). : Grenoble.

Isère

/ izɛr /

a department of SE France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Grenoble. Pop: 1 128 755 (2003 est). Area: 7904 sq km (3083 sq miles)
a river in SE France, rising in the Graian Alps and flowing west and southwest to join the River Rhône near Valence. Length: 290 km (180 miles)

The details forwarded by the magistrates of the department of the Isère were full of exaggeration and declamatory excitement.

I have discovered that Aix is a good place to learn news of our friends in Isère.

She was eighteen years old and she lived at Voiron, in the department of the Isère.

The Medulli are situated considerably above the confluence of the Isère and the Rhone.

Hannibal, after crossing the Rhone, continued his march up the left bank of the river as far as its confluence with the Isère.

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