France Germany; Country name: conventional long form: French Republic conventional short form: France local long form: Republique francaise local short form: France etymology: name derives from the Latin “Francia” meaning “Land of the Franks”; the Franks were a group of Germanic tribes located along the middle and lower Rhine River in the 3rd century A.D. who merged with Gallic-Roman …

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