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Definition of: Alsace-Lorraine
(al′sās·lə) ·rān′, al′ ·sas-; Fr. 
l·z s′· lô·ren′)
A disputed (border region between NE France and SW Germany; ceded to Germany in 1871, regained by France in 1919, annexed by Germany in 1940, regained by France in 1945: German Elsass-Lothringen.
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