English > France: 2 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe. |
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| Synonym | French Republic |
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| Instance of | European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
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| Member of | European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe | An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation / cooperation among its members |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
| Members | Basque | A member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain |
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| Frenchman, Frenchwoman, French person | A person of French nationality |
| Part of | Europe | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
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| Parts | Alps, the Alps | A large mountain system in south-central Europe |
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| Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass | A region of northeastern France famous for its wines |
| Anjou | A former province of western France in the Loire valley |
| Aquitaine, Aquitania | A region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees |
| Artois | A former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders) |
| Auvergne | A region in central France |
| Avignon | A town in southeastern France on the Rhone River |
| Bordeaux | A port city in southwestern France |
| Bourgogne, Burgundy | A former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines |
| Brest | A port city in northwestern France (in Brittany) |
| Bretagne, Brittany, Breiz | A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay |
| Calais | A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England |
| Cannes | A port and resort city on the French Riviera |
| Centre | A low-lying region in central France |
| Chablis | A town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines |
| Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne | A region of northeastern France |
| Chartres | A town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral |
| Cherbourg | A port town in northwestern France on the English Channel |
| Corse, Corsica | A region of France on the island of Corsica |
| Dijon | An industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons |
| Franche-Comte | A former province of eastern France |
| French region | A geographical subdivision of France |
| Garonne, Garonne River | A river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay |
| Gascogne, Gascony | A region of southwestern France |
| Grenoble | A city in southeastern France on the Isere River |
| Ile-de-France | A region of north central France including Paris and the area around it |
| Isere, Isere River | A river in southeastern France |
| Lake Geneva, Lake Leman | A lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | A region in south central France |
| Lascaux | A cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings |
| Le Havre | A port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine |
| Lille | An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border |
| Limousin | A region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains |
| Loire, Loire River | The longest French river |
| Loire Valley | The valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated |
| Lorraine, Lothringen | An eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits |
| Lyon, Lyons | A city in east-central France on the Rhone River |
| Maginot Line | A fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border |
| Marseille, Marseilles | A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean |
| Massif Central | A mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country |
| Meuse, Meuse River | A European river |
| Midi | The southern part of France |
| Midi-Pyrenees | A region in southwestern France |
| Mont Blanc, Monte Bianco | The highest mountain peak in the Alps |
| Nancy | A city in northeastern France in Lorraine |
| Nantes | A port city in western France on the Loire estuary |
| Nice | A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean |
| Nord-Pas-de-Calais | A region in northeastern France |
| Normandie, Normandy | A former province of northwestern France on the English channel |
| Orleanais | A former province of north central France |
| Orleans | A city on the Loire river in north central France |
| Paris, City of Light, French capital, capital of France | The capital and largest city of France |
| Pays de la Loire | An agricultural region of western France on the Bay of Biscay |
| Picardie, Picardy | A region of northern France on the English Channel |
| Poitou-Charentes, Poitou | A low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay |
| Provence | A former province of southeastern France |
| Pyrenees | A chain of mountains between France and Spain |
| Rheims, Reims | A city in northeastern France to the east of Paris |
| Rhine, Rhine River, Rhein | A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world |
| Rhone, Rhone River | A major French river |
| Rhone-Alpes | A mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers |
| Riviera | A coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France |
| Sambre, Sambre River | A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur |
| Saone, Saone River | A river in eastern France |
| Savoy | A geographical region of historical importance |
| Scheldt, Scheldt River | A river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea |
| Seine, Seine River | A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel |
| Toulon | A port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast |
| Toulouse | A city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux |
| Tours | An industrial city in western France on the Loire River |
| Valenciennes | A town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry |
| Versailles, Palace of Versailles | A palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles |
| Versailles | A city in north central France near Paris |
| Vichy | A town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs |
| Vienne | A town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils |
| Region of | Agincourt | A battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively / decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415 |
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| Bastille | A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries |
| Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River | A World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918 |
| Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne | The battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 |
| Crecy, battle of Crecy | The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War |
| Dunkirk, Dunkerque | An amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire |
| French | The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France |
| French Revolution | The revolution in France against the Bourbons |
| Ivry, battle of Ivry, Ivry la Bataille | A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne |
| Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation | An American operation in World War I (1918) |
| National Liberation Front of Corsica, FLNC | A terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence |
| Orleans, siege of Orleans | A long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429 |
| Poitiers, battle of Poitiers | The battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French |
| Rocroi, Battle of Rocroi | A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643) |
| Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel | A battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918) |
| Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne | A battle in World War I (May 1918) |
| Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I (1916) |
| Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II (1944) |
| Tertry, battle of Tertry | A battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis |
| Valmy, battle of Valmy | The French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery) |
| Verdun, battle of Verdun | A battle in World War I (1916) |
| ancien regime | A political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution) |
| apache dance | A violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld) |
| bon mot, mot | A clever remark |
| bonheur | (French) happiness and good humor |
| bureau de change | (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money |
| commune | The smallest administrative district of several European countries |
| department | The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) |
| deputy | A member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France) |
| escadrille | An air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I) |
| estate of the realm, estate, the three estates | A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
| first estate, Lords Spiritual | The clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain |
| franc-tireur | A sharpshooter (in the French army) |
| haute cuisine | (French) an elaborate / elaborate and skillful manner of preparing food |
| jeu d'esprit | A witty comment or writing |
| legionnaire, legionary | A soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) |
| maisonette, maisonnette | A small house |
| noblesse | Members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility) |
| nouvelle cuisine | A school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream |
| octillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros |
| oriflamme | A red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings |
| patron | The proprietor of an inn |
| prefecture | The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) |
| quadrillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros |
| quintillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros |
| rue | (French) a street or road in France |
| second estate, Lords Temporal | The nobility in France and the peerage in Britain |
| septillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros |
| sextillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros |
| third estate, Commons | The common people |
| tricolor, tricolour | A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) |
| trillion, one million million, 1000000000000 | The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros |
| Spanish | France, Francia, República Francesa |
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| Catalan | frança, França, France, República Francesa |
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| Adjectives | French, Gallic | of or pertaining to France or the people of France |
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