France

France
France
France1 [frans, fräns]
Anatole [an′ə tōl΄] (pseud. of Jacques Anatole François Thibault) 1844-1924; Fr. novelist & literary critic
France2 [rā pü blēk′ frän sez′frans, fräns]
country in W Europe, on the Atlantic & the Mediterranean Sea: 210,033 sq mi (543,983 sq km); pop. 56,615,000; cap. Paris: Fr. name République Française [rā pü blēk′ frän sez′]

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