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France

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See also:france,françé,Françé,andFrancë

English

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Map showing the location of France (in red).

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Etymology

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FromMiddle EnglishFrance, fromOld FrenchFrance, fromLatinFrancia, fromFrancī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (butProto-Germanic) origin.[1] Believed to be most likely fromFrankish*Frankō(“a Frank”), fromProto-Germanic*frankô(“javelin”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*preng-(“pole, stalk”). CompareFrank. Displaced nativeOld EnglishFrancland.

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France (usuallyuncountable,pluralFrances)

  2. A country inWestern Europe. Official name:French Republic. Capital and largest city:Paris.
    • 1837,George Sand, translated by Stanley Young,Mauprat‎[1], Cassandra Editions, published1977,→ISBN, page237:
      For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution inFrance.
    • 1998, Shanny Peer,France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore,→ISBN, page 2:
      Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the twoFrances by placing them in sequence: "diverseFrance gave way over time as modern centralizedFrance gathered force."
    • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, inthe Guardian‎[2]:
      Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-westFrance that he was best-placed to leadFrance towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.
  3. Asurname from French,famously held by—
    1. Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist.
  4. Alternative form ofFrances;A femalegiven name;feminine ofFrancis.

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Translations

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country
a French surname

See also

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countries in Europe (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^A. C. Murray,From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader. Broadview Press Ltd, 2000. p. 1.

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Franco-Provençal

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Franco-ProvençalWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited fromLate LatinFrancia.

Proper noun

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France f

  1. France (a country inWestern Europe)

French

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FrenchWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle FrenchFrance, fromOld FrenchFrance, fromLate LatinFrancia, fromFrancī, the name of aGermanic tribe.Doublet ofFrancie.

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France f

  1. France (a country inWestern Europe)
  2. a femalegiven name
  3. a Frenchsurname

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countries in Europe:pays de l’Europe (appendix)edit

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Friulian

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France f

  1. France (a country inWestern Europe)

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Middle French

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Etymology

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FromOld FrenchFrance.

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France f

  1. France (a country inWestern Europe)

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Norman

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NormanWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedianrf

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld FrenchFrance, fromLate LatinFrancia.

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France f

  1. (Jersey)France (a country inWestern Europe)

Old French

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Excerpt from the Oxford manuscript ofThe Song of Roland showing 'francs' and 'france' without capital letters.

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLate LatinFrancia.

Pronunciation

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  • (classical)IPA(key): /ˈfɾant͡sə/
  • (late)IPA(key): /ˈfɾansə/

Proper noun

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France f (nominative singularFrance)

  1. France (a country inWestern Europe)

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