A historical region located on the west bank of the upper Rhine, and now part of France, which changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history. Since 2016 it has been part of the larger region of Grand Est.
Origin
From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo , from Proto-West Germanic *alljas + *sittjan.
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