France

name

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).

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

   “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 in France.”

   “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."”

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

   “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.”

3. 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.”

4. A surname from French, famously held by—
5. Alternative form of Frances; A female given name; feminine of Francis.