Name Of France
The name France comes from Latin Francia, which literally means "land of the Franks".
Originally it applied to the whole Empire of the Franks, extending from southern France to eastern Germany.
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Famous quotes containing the word france:
“I shall not bring an automobile with me. These inventions infest France almost as much as Bloomer cycling costumes, but they make a horrid racket, and are particularly objectionable. So are the Bloomers. Nothing more abominable has ever been invented. Perhaps the automobile tricycles may succeed better, but I abjure all these works of the devil.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)