France

proper nouncommon in dialogue

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A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.

proper noun

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A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.
Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force."
Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.
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A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris. In particular, metropolitan France, the part of France which is in Europe.
La1ere of June 6, 2018 published a report containing the official discourse […] on the use of mules and swallowers to smuggle cocaine from French Guiana to France.
[…] the film Mercenary / Mercenaire, a film made somewhat unique among French immigrant narratives for focusing on the experiences of Pacific Islanders making their way from French Polynesia to France.
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A surname from French, famously held by—
He had a 0.13 GPA and was still in ninth grade. With a class rank of 62 out of 120, he was being promoted through the course levels, which led France to believe everything was fine when it wasn’t.
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A surname from French, famously held by— Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist.
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Variant of FrancesAlternative form of Frances; A female given name; feminine of Francis.

Etymology

From Middle English France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic) origin. Believed to be most likely from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Compare Frank. Displaced native Old English Francland (see modern Frankland).

Forms

plural: Frances

framed · Having, or enclosed in, a frame.framing · The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame.Fran · A diminutive of the female given names Frances and Francine.

France · A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.

Frances · A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Francis.Francesca · A female given name from Italian.Francesco · A male given name from Italian

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