Definition of lorraine Lorraine

/lɚejˈn/ - [lereyn] - Lor•raine

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What does lorraine mean?

Noun
lorraine - an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
		Lothringen

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lorraine
(Ger. Lothringen). A former extensive province of France, included in the departments of Vosges, Meurthe, Moselle, and Meuse. Under the Romans it formed part of the Belgic division of Gaul, and was afterwards united to the empire of Charlemagne. It subsequently became a duchy, and passed into possession of the dukes of the house of Austria. In 1836 it was ceded to Stanislas, ex-king of Poland, and after his death passed to the crown of France, from which it was wrested by the Germans at the close of the Franco-German war, May 10, 1871.