Allier

American  

[a-lyey] / aˈlyeɪ /

noun

1. a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.

2. a department in central France. 2,850 sq. mi. (7,380 sq. km). Moulins.

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Allier British  

/ alje /

noun

1. a department of central France, in Auvergne region. Capital: Moulins. Pop: 342 307 (2003 est). Area: 7382 sq km (2879 sq miles)

2. a river in S central France, rising in the Cévennes and flowing north to the Loire. Length: over 403 km (250 miles)

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Example Sentences

Angrily swollen, the Allier River inundated parts of Vichy itself, nearby Puy-de-D�me, and neighboring farmlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chauffeur drove Admiral Darlan down past Paris and Orleans, past Nevers and the country of the milk-white cows, across the demarcation line at Moulins and up the stony Allier to Vichy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through this sorry landscape trickled the Allier and a tributary of nearly equal size, which came down to join it through a broad nude valley in Vivarais.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Of that over the Allier and of the Parisian one, some of the ancient piles have been found in the bed of the rivers.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

Billy is on the Allier, a beautiful river, and, seen from a distance, with its towering ruin, is truly picturesque.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow