France
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Anatole Jacques Anatole Thibault, 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
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a republic in W Europe. 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Paris.
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Heraldry. fleurs-de-lis or upon azure.
a bordure of France.
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In the French and Indian War in the 1750s, the British and colonial forces drove the French from Canada and the region of the Great Lakes.
France is known for its wine, cheese, and cooking.
During the reign of Louis XIV (1653–1715), France was a principal world power and cultural center of Europe.
The French Revolution, organized by leaders of the middle class and lower class, brought about an end to the French absolute monarchy and forged a transition from feudalism to the industrial era. A bloody and chaotic period, the Revolution helped lay the foundations of modern political philosophy and ultimately engulfed much of Europe in the Napoleonic Wars. (See Napoleon Bonaparte.)
In World War II, France's military resistance to the German army collapsed in the spring of 1940. Germans occupied much of France from 1940 to 1944. In 1944, the Allies invaded France, along with French troops, and drove the Germans out of France, finally defeating them in 1945.
In World War I, France was one of the Allies; much of that war was fought on French soil.
Other Word Forms
- anti-France adjective
- pro-France adjective
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France, Germany and the UK said Sunday they were ready to defend their interests and those of its allies in the Gulf if necessary by taking "defensive action" against Iran.
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One of those ideas came from Iran and was embraced by France to represent it at the Academy Awards.
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Other influencers were less composed, with France's Maeva Ghennam who, waving her passport around, told viewers she "screamed hysterically" when she heard a strike.
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Countries including France and Thailand have said they are looking at evacuating citizens from the Middle East.
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The operation was carried out alongside Belgium's G7, Nordic and Baltic partners and in coordination with France, he added.
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