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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 (Nauruan)
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| France (Oromo)
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| France (Afar)
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| France (French-P,U,N)
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| France (Friulian)
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| France (Pampanga)
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| France (Shona)
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| France (Southern Sotho)
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| France (Arpitan)
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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,Ilocano)
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| Francia (Latin)
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| Francia (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Francia (Asturian)
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| Francia (Corsican)
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| Francia (Galician)
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| Francia (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Francia (Sicilian)
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| Francia (Ido)
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| Francia (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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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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| Frankreich (Bavarian)
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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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| França (Catalan)
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| França (Occitan)
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| Франция (C,V,Uzbek)
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| Франция (Kazakh)
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| Франция (Bulgarian)
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| Франция (Russian-P,U)
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| Франция (Udmurt)
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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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| 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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| An Fhrainc (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| An Fhraing (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| Bro-C'hall (C,U,Breton)
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| Bufalansa (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Falanisē (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Falánsɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Falansia (C,U,Lingala)
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| Farāni (C,U,Tahitian)
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| Faransa (C,U,Hausa)
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| Faransi (C,U,Bambara)
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| Faransiis (C,U,Somali)
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| Faransiiska (C,U,Somali)
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| Farânzi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Farayse (C,U,Fulah)
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| fasygu'e (C,U)
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| Ffrainc (C,U,Welsh)
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| Frakkland (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Frakland (C,U,Faroese)
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| Franța (C,U,Romanian)
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| Franca (C,U,Albanian)
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| Francë (C,U,Albanian)
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| Francëjô (C,U,Kashubian)
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| Franchiya (C,U)
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| Franciaország (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Francie (C,U,Czech)
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| Francija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Francija (Slovene)
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| Francio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Francja (C,U,Polish)
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| Francja (Lombard)
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| Francland (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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| Francogallia (C,U,Latin)
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| Francoska (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Francujo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Francuska (C,U,Croatian)
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| Francuska (Bosnian)
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| Francúzsko (C,U,Slovak)
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| Frankräich (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Frankriek (C,U,Low German)
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| Frankriek (Limburgan)
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| Frankrig (C,U,Danish)
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| Frankrigi (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Frankriika (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Frankrike (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Frankrike (Swedish)
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| Frankrike (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Frankrike (Norwegian)
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| Frankrish (C,U)
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| Frankryk (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Frankryk (Western Frisian)
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| Frans (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Frañs (C,U,Breton)
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| Fransa (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Fransa (Kurdish)
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| Fransa (Piemontese)
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| Fransa (Tetum)
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| Fransa (Turkish)
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| Fransän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Fransia (C,U,Ladino)
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| Fransia (Novial)
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| Fransiya (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Frans nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Fransya (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Fransya (Waray (Philippines))
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| Frantsa (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Frantscha (C,U,Romansh)
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| Frantza (C,U,Sardinian)
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| Frantzia (C,U,Basque)
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| Franza (C,U,Maltese)
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| Franzia (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Franzsa (C,U,Venetian)
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| Fraunce (C,U,Scots)
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| Frɛnkyeman (C,U,Akan)
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| Furansi (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Huák-guók (C,U,Chinese, Min Dong)
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| i-France (C,U,Zulu)
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| Nfalanse (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Orílẹ́ède Faranse (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Perancis (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Perancis (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Pháp (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Pow Frenk (C,U,Cornish)
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| Pow Frynk (C,U,Cornish)
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| Prancis (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Prancūzija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Pranis (C,U,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Pransiya (C,U,Cebuano)
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| Pransya (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Prantsusmaa (C,U,Estonian)
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| Ranska (C,U,Finnish)
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| Ubaranja (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Ubufaransa (C,U,Rundi)
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| Ufaransa (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Vrankriek (C,U,Vlaams)
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| Yn Rank (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| ፈረንሳይ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ፈረንሳይ (Amharic)
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| فرانسه (C,U,Pashto)
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| فرانسه (Persian-Farsi)
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| ফ্রান্স (C,U,Bengali)
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| Францыя (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Ֆրանսիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| فرانس (C,U,Urdu)
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| Γαλλία (C,U,Greek)
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| ཕརཱནསི (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| ประเทศฝรั่งเศส (C,U,Thai)
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| 프랑스 (C,U,Korean)
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| فرانسىيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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| ఫ్రాన్స్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Француска (C,U,Serbian)
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| ܦܪܢܣܐ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| फ़्राँस (C,U,Hindi)
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| பிரான்ஸ் (C,U,Tamil)
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| ฝรั่งเศส (C,U,Thai)
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| ፈረንሣይ (C,U,Amharic)
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| फ्रान्स (C,U,Marathi)
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| फ्रान्स (Nepali)
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| फ्रांस (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| फ्रांस (Hindi)
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| फ्रांस (Kashmiri)
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| Фаронса (C,U,Tajik)
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| فرنسا (C,U,Arabic)
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| フランス (C,U,Japanese)
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| Франц (C,U,Mongolian)
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| Франц (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Франція (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| საფრანგეთი (C,U,Georgian)
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| ຝລັ່ງ (C,U,Lao)
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| ફ્રાઁસ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ഫ്രാന്സ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| فەڕەنسا (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| Франц улс (C,U,Mongolian)
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| បារាំង (C,U,Khmer)
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| Франција (C,U,Macedonian)
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| Франци (C,U,Chuvash)
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| ފަރަންސޭސިވިލާތް (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
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| ফ্ৰান্স (C,U,Assamese)
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| ပြင်သစ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| फ़्रांस (C,U,Hindi)
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| ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ (C,U,Odia)
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| ꃔꇩ (C,U)
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| ફ્રાંસ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ප්රංශය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| フランス共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ཕ་རཱན་སི། (C,U,Tibetan)
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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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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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GeoNames online [n.d.] 3017382 |
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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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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France |
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