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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast France near the German border east of Nancy. Originally a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, it was occupied by France in 1681, passed to Germany in 1871, and was recovered by France in 1919. It now serves as the seat of the parliament of the European Union.
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- proper noun A city in the
région ofAlsace , France; previously part ofGermany .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port
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Examples
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STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in the French city of Strasbourg on Thursday on the eve of a NATO summit, with one cornered soldier drawing his gun to escape attack.
Reuters: Top News 2009
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Apr 4th, 2009 | STRASBOURG, France -- Police are clashing with demonstrators in Strasbourg where the NATO summit is under way.
Salon 2009
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STRASBOURG, France - Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to beat back a crowd of several hundred anti-NATO protesters in Strasbourg on Thursday as the city in eastern France, host of the alliance's 60th anniversary summit, readied for the arrival of world leaders.
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STRASBOURG, France - Police used tear gas to beat back a crowd of several hundred people in Strasbourg on Thursday as the city in eastern France, host of NATO's 60th anniversary summit, readied for the arrival of world leaders.
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Apr 4th, 2009 | STRASBOURG, France -- Police are clashing with demonstrators in Strasbourg where the NATO summit is under way.
Salon 2009
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EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG - European, US and Canadian leaders were set to meet on Friday for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg.
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STRASBOURG, France - President Obama, on the eve of the 60th-anniversary NATO summit, told a cheering crowd of young people in Strasbourg on Friday that "America is changing, but it cannot be America alone that changes."
The Seattle Times 2009
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STRASBOURG, France - Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to beat back a crowd of several hundred anti-NATO protesters in Strasbourg on Thursday as the city in eastern France, host of the alliance's 60th anniversary summit, readied for the arrival of world leaders.
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Perhaps the day before and the first day of the week of a plenary sitting in Strasbourg is not a fair test.
Responsiveness arwel_p 2008
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Elif Shafak was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1971.
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