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Li⋅ège

  [lee-eyzh; Fr. lyezh]
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–noun
1. a city in E Belgium, on the Meuse River: one of the first cities attacked in World War I. 139,333.
2. a province in E Belgium. 1,019,226; 1521 sq. mi. (3940 sq. km). Capital: Liège.
Flemish, Luik.
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Li·ège   (lē-āzh', lyězh)   
A city of eastern Belgium near the Dutch and German borders. First mentioned in 558, it was a noted intellectual center in the Middle Ages. Liège was held by France from 1794 to 1815 and by the Netherlands from 1815 to 1830. Population: 189,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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