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France (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 46 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 002 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area inhabited by Lower Paleolithic; Celt-speaking Gauls dominated by 5th century BCE; part of Roman Empire 125 BCE-5th century, then under Frankish influence; lost land to England 12th-16th centuries; monarchy fell in Revolution 1792; recurring expansion 16-19th centuries; official language is French, though Provençal, Breton, Flemish, Catalan, Corsican, Basque, and Germanic regional patois are also spoken. |
Names: |
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France (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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France (French-P,U,N)
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République française (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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République Française (C,V,French,U,N)
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French Republic (C,O,English,U,N)
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Francia (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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Francia (Spanish-P,U,N)
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República Francesa (C,V,Spanish,U)
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Frankreich (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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Frankrijk (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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França (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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Франция (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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Французская Республика (C,V,Russian,U)
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法国 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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法兰西共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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فروسا (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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الجهور ةًا فًروس ةَ (C,V,Arabic,U)
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FRA (C,O,ISO3L)
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FR (C,O,ISO2L,French,U)
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ISO250 (C,O,ISO3N)
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FR00 (C,O,FIPS)
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French (C,O,English,U,A)
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Française, République (C,V,French,U)
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France, Republic of (C,V)
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Republic of France (C,V)
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צרפת (C,U,Hebrew )
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Gallia (H,V)
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............ | Roman |
Gaul (H,O)
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Gaule (H,V)
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............ | name may also be used to refer to ancient region larger than modern France |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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independent since mid-9th cen., though boundaries have changed often |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent political entity (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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first in 1792 |
empire (H) |
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First Empire, 1804-1815; Second Empire, 1852-1870 |
monarchy (H) |
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late 12th cen.-1792 |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Paris .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, France, Île-de-France) [7008038] |
historical connection .... |
Southern Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Europe) [8711669] |
member of .... |
European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1958 |
member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRISC, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 596 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 607 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 209-211 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 308 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 228 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XIX, 423 ff.; 9:423 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 231 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 14 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 766; 778 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1427981 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Novo Dicionário Aurélio (1975) 652 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plates 67-72 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 343 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-33 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 52 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 14 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 411-414 |
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