/bel fawrdd", bay-/ , n.
1. Territoire de /te rddee twannrdd" deuh/ , a department in E France. 128,125; 235 sq. mi. (610 sq. km). Cap.: Belfort.
2. a fortress city in E France, strategically located on a mountain pass between the Vosges and Jura mountains: siege 1870-71; battle 1944. 57,317.