Continental France
Metropolitan France, excluding the island of Corsica, is sometimes referred to as "continental France" (French: la France continentale), or just "the Continent" (French: le continent).
In Corsica, people from the continental part of Metropolitan France are referred to as "Continentals" (French: les continentaux).
A casual synonym for the continental part of Metropolitan France is l'Hexagone ("the Hexagon"), for its approximate shape, and the adjective hexagonal may be a casual synonym of French (usually understood as metropolitan only, except in topics related to the foreign affairs and national politics of France as a whole).
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