Definition of Rhineland

1. Noun. A picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river.


Definition of Rhineland

1. Proper noun. general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhineland

Rheum emodi
Rheum palmatum
Rheum rhabarbarum
Rheum rhaponticum
Rhexia
Rhian
Rhibhus
Rhincodon
Rhincodon typus
Rhincodontidae
Rhine
Rhine River
Rhine wine
Rhinegrave
Rhinegraves
Rhineland
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhinobatidae
Rhinoceros antiquitatis
Rhinoceros unicornis
Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocladiella
Rhinoestrus purpureus
Rhinolophidae
Rhinonicteris
Rhinonicteris aurantius
Rhinoptera
Rhinoptera bonasus
Rhinosporidium seeberi
Rhinotermitidae

Literary usage of Rhineland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"A political club was formed, and a Convention was summoned from other parts of the rhineland. The moving spirit in these proceedings was Georg Forster, ..."

2. Test Case: Italy, Ethiopia, and the League of Nations by George W. Baer (1976)
"Before the French made a decision on the oil sanction they had to have an assurance from Britain over the rhineland.24 The rhineland ..."

3. The European Tour by Grant Allen (1899)
"For the rhineland is historic Germany. Along that great water-way ... Yet it is important to bear in mind the fact that in the rhineland at last ..."

4. Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement by Ray Stannard Baker (1922)
"Letter of PB Noyes, American Delegate, Inter-Allied rhineland Commission to ... DEAR SIR: After a month spent in the rhineland as American Commissioner I ..."

5. A Cruise Across Europe: Notes on a Freshwater Voyage from Holland to the by Donald Maxwell (1907)
"... crowned with its venerable castle, was thrown into bold relief against a dark upland as the boat turned the corner up river and Oberwesel, rhineland ..."

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