English Explanatory Dictionary

Moselle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany.
  2. A department of Grand Est, France.
noun
  1. A light white wine, made from Riesling grapes originating in the valley of this river.

Pronunciation

/məʊˈzɛl/

Word forms

Moselle Moselles

Etymology

Borrowed from French Moselle, from Latin Mosella.

Derived words

Meurthe-et-Moselle Pagny-sur-Moselle
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