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Stras⋅bourg
[stras-burg, strahz-boo
rg; Fr. straz-boor] 
–noun
| a fortress city in and the capital of Bas-Rhin, in NE France, near the Rhine: cathedral; taken by Allied forces November 1944. 257,303. |
German, Strass⋅burg
[shtrahs-boork] .
[shtrahs-boork] .
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| Stras·bourg
(sträs'bŏŏrg', sträz'-, sträz-bŏŏr') Pronunciation Key
A city of northeast France near the German border east of Nancy. Strategically important since ancient times, it became a free imperial city in 1262, was occupied by France in 1681, and passed to Germany in 1871. The city was recovered by France in 1919. Population: 273,000. |
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| strasbourg | |
noun | |
| city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port |
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