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metz
/mɛts/
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What does metz mean?
proper noun
- The capital city of Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
- A locality in the Armidale council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɛts/
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When Metz was besieged by the Spanish army, under Charles V., the garrison suffered heavy loss, and the number of wounded was very great.
Or why did not Pierre du Lis cause it to be proclaimed that the English were liars, his sister being safely housed in Metz?
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What was implied by French protection had been seen in the conduct of France towards the bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun, which it had held for centuries against the rightful owners.
It would excite no interest to bulletin the last siege of Jerusalem in a village where the event was unknown, if the date was appended; and yet the account of it is incomparably more exciting than that of the siege of Metz.
At Cologne we hear of five hundred afflicted at once; at Metz of eleven hundred dancers in the streets; at Strasburg of yet more painful manifestations; and from these and other cities they spread through the villages and rural districts.