Rhine Province

American  

noun

1. a former province in W Germany, mostly W of the Rhine: now divided between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine–Westphalia.

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Example Sentences

The governor: 70-year-old Dr. Hans Fuchs, a Catholic who had been a pre-Nazi Oberpr�dsident of the Rhine Province.

From Time Magazine Archive

The acquisition of the fertile Rhine Province by Prussia brought that vigorous State up to the bounds of Lorraine and made her the natural protectress of Germany against France.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

Rolf, whose fame is comparatively young, has not yet, like his illustrious rivals of the Rhine Province, been the object of minute enquiries and copious and innumerable reports.

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

D�LKEN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian Rhine Province, 11 m. by rail S.W. from Crefeld.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

The three-class arrangement originated in the Rhine Province where, by the local government code of 1845, it was put in operation in the elections of the municipalities.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin