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Metz

   [mets; Fr. mes]
noun
a city in and the capital of Moselle, in NE France: fortress; battles 1870, 1918, 1940, 1944. 117,199.
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Aus·tra·sia

   [aw-strey-zhuh, -shuh]
noun
the E part of the former kingdom of the Franks, comprising parts of what is now NE France, W Germany, and Belgium. Capital: Metz.

Mo·selle

   [moh-zel]
noun
1.
German, Mo·sel  [moh-zuhl] . a river in W central Europe, flowing from the Vosges Mountains in NE France into the Rhine at Coblenz in W Germany. 320 miles (515 km) long.
2.
a department in NE France. 1,006,373. 2406 sq. mi. (6230 sq. km). Capital: Metz.
3.
a light, white wine made along the Moselle in Germany.
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Metz (mɛts, French mɛs)
 
—n
a city in NE France on the River Moselle: a free imperial city in the 13th century; annexed by France in 1552; part of Germany (1871--1918); centre of the Lorraine iron-mining region. Pop: 123 776 (1999)

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