Saar

[ zahr, sahr ]

noun
  1. Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.

  2. French Sarre. a river in W Europe, flowing N from the Vosges Mountains in NE France to the Moselle River in W Germany. 150 miles (240 km) long.

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How to use Saar in a sentence

  • Next morning we struck across to the Saar River and followed it down to its junction with the Moselle.

    War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for Saar

Saar

/ (sɑː, German zaːr) /


noun
  1. a river in W Europe, rising in the Vosges Mountains and flowing north to the Moselle River in Germany. Length: 246 km (153 miles): French name: Sarre

  2. the Saar another name for Saarland

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