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Noun: France  frãn(t)s
  1. A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
    - French Republic
     
  2. French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
    - Anatole France, Jacques Anatole François Thibault

Derived forms: Frances

Type of: author, European country, European nation, writer

Part of: Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Euroland, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, Eurozone, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [Brit], North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Encyclopedia: France, Paul