Beld
bald; hairless.
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ter·ri·toire de [te-ree-twar duh] /tɛ riˈtwar də/ (show ipa) a department in e france. 235 sq. mi. (610 sq. km). capital: belfort. a fortress city in e france, strategically located on a mountain p-ss between the vosges and jura mountains: siege 1870–71; battle 1944. contemporary examples the 21 craziest moments in ‘the wolf of wall […]