Elsass

Borrowed from German Elsass.

Elsass (plural Elsasses)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Elsass is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Elsass is most common among White (98.81%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elsass”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 524.

 

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Elsass

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• Elsaß

Formerly Elsāzzun ("those dwelling outside"). From Old High German Elisāzo, the first element from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlzas/

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das Elsass n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Elsass or des Elsasses)

1. Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

• Elsässer
• elsässisch
  • Elsässisch

 

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Elsass

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Elsass n

1. Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

• elsassare
• elsassisk

• Lasses