Belfort

Bel·fort

(bĕl-fôr′)

A city of northeast France near the German-Swiss border. It was frequently besieged because of its strategic location near Belfort Gap between the Vosges and the Jura Mountains.

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Belfort

(French bɛlfɔr)

1. (Placename) Territoire de Belfort (tɛritwar də) a department of E France, now in Franche-Comté region: the only part of Alsace remaining to France after 1871. Capital: Belfort. Pop: 139 383 (2003 est). Area: 608 sq km (237 sq miles)

2. (Placename) a fortress town in E France: strategically situated in the Belfort Gap between the Vosges and the Jura mountains. Pop: 50 417 (1999)

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Bel•fort

(bɛlˈfɔr, beɪ-)

n.

a fortress city in E France on a mountain pass between the Vosges and Jura mountains. 57,317.

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I am Jules Dubosc, Colonel of Artillery, Belfort. We caught a German spy in the Vosges yesterday, and a paper was found on him--a paper I hold in my hand.

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