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Definition: Metz from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a city in NE France on the River Moselle: a free imperial city in the 13th century; annexed by France in 1552; part of Germany (1871–1918); centre of the Lorraine iron-mining region. Pop: 126 776 (2006)

Metz

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(Eng. and Ger. mĕts, Fr. mĕs), city (2010 est. pop. 127,000), capital of Moselle dept., NE France, on the Moselle River. It is a cultural, commercial, and transportation center of Lorraine , an industrial city producing metals, machinery, tobacco, clothing, and food products, and the home of one of France's largest military bases. It is one of eight cities targeted by the French government for special planning and development. Of pre-Roman origin, the city was the capital of the Mediomatrici, a Gallic people. One of the most important cities of Roman Gaul, it was invaded and destroyed by the Vandals (406) and the Huns (451). Metz was an early episcopal see and became the capital of Austrasia (the eastern portion of the Merovingian Frankish empire) in the 6th cent. After the division of the Frankish empire (8th cent.) the bishops of Metz greatly increased their power, ruling a relatively vast area as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. Metz was a major cultural center of the Carolingian…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(Eng. and Ger. mĕts, Fr. mĕs), city (2010 est. pop. 127,000), capital of Moselle dept., NE France, on the Moselle River. It is a cultural, commercial, and transportation center of Lorraine , an industrial city producing metals, machinery, tobacco, clothing, and food products, and the home of one of…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city and administrative centre of the département of Moselle and of the Lorraine region of northeast France, on the River Moselle some 320 km/199 mi east of Paris; population (2005 est) 124,200. The town has a large trade in agricultural produce, particularly tobacco, and has a…
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Full text Article Metz, Christian

From The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory Full text Article Cultural Theory
Christian Metz (1931-93) is an important and influential figure in the fields of film theory and film language. Metz is known best for pioneering a scientific approach to film theory, applying both semiotic and psychoanalytic models to the study of film. Born in Béziers, France, Metz received the…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Porte des Allemands (“Gate of the Germans”),...
City (pop., 2006 est.: 124,435), northeastern France. It derives its name from the Mediomatrici, a Gallic tribe who made the city their capital. Fortified by the Romans, it became a bishopric in the 4th century ad . It passed to Frankish rule in the 5th century and became the capital of Lorraine in…
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Full text Article Metz, Christian

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Prussian-born US religious reformer. A carpenter by trade, he participated in a religious revival in 1817 and became the leader of a group of German mystic-pietists known as Inspirationists . In 1842 he led some 800 followers to the USA and purchased 5,000 acres of land near Buffalo, New York. They…
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Full text Article Metz, Battle of

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In the Franco-Prussian War, Prussian victory over the French August–October 1870. Metz was a major fortress in Lorraine, about 280 km/175 mi east of Paris, guarding the approaches from southern Germany. The fortress surrendered on 27 October, complete with the entire 173,000-strong French Army of…
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Full text Article METZ, FERDINAND (1941-)

From Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink
Educator. Upon taking over as president of the Culinary Institute of America in 1980, Ferdinand Metz transformed the cooking school into the most respected and expansive in the country, graduating hundreds of students who went on to become some of the best-recognized chefs in America. Metz was born…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
City, Moselle dept., NE France, on Moselle River 178 mi. (286 km.) ENE of Paris; pop. (1999c) 123,704; former ✽ of Moselle dept.; shoes, canned fruits and vegetables; brewing; 13th–16th cent. cathedral; church with 4th cent. foundations (oldest in France). Birthplace of poet Paul Verlaine 1844. Of…
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Full text Article Metz & Co. (f. c. 1800)

From The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900
Is a Dutch furniture producer and retailing company that is notable for its remarkable policy on design and its extensive co-operation with artists in the 20th century. Its owner-director from about 1900 was Joseph de Leeuw who, in 1902, acquired the general agency for the Netherlands of the British…
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