[stras-burg, strahz-boo
rg; Fr. straz-boor] 
| 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. |
[shtrahs-boork] . [bah-ran] | a department in NE France. 827,367; 1848 sq. mi. (4785 sq. km). Capital: Strasbourg. |
| Stras·bourg (sträs'bŏŏrg', sträz'-, sträz-bŏŏr') 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. |