french republic

Noun
  1. A republic in western Europe;
    The largest country wholly in Europe (synset 108949695)
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    • apache dance - a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)
    • agincourt - a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
    • battle of the marne, belleau wood, chateau-thierry, marne river - a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
    • chalons, chalons-sur-marne - the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451
    • battle of crecy, crecy - the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
    • dunkerque, dunkirk - an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
    • battle of ivry, ivry, ivry la bataille - a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne
    • argonne, argonne forest, meuse, meuse river, meuse-argonne, meuse-argonne operation - an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
    • orleans, siege of orleans - a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429
    • battle of poitiers, poitiers - the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
    • battle of rocroi, rocroi - a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
    • battle of st mihiel, saint-mihiel, st mihiel - a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
    • battle of soissons-reims, battle of the aisne, battle of the chemin-des-dames, soissons - a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
    • battle of the somme, somme, somme river - battle in World War I (1916)
    • battle of the somme, somme, somme river - battle of World War II (1944)
    • battle of tertry, tertry - a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
    • battle of valmy, valmy - the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)
    • battle of verdun, verdun - a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
    • french revolution - the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
    • bastille - a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
    • maisonette, maisonnette - a small house
    • oriflamme - a red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings
    • rue - (French) a street or road in France
    • tricolor, tricolour - a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)
    • jeu d'esprit - a witty comment or writing
    • bon mot, mot - a clever remark
    • french - the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
    • bonheur - (French) happiness and good humor
    • haute cuisine - (French) an elaborate and skillful manner of preparing food
    • nouvelle cuisine - a school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream
    • bureau de change - (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money
    • flnc, national liberation front of corsica - a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
    • ancien regime - a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
    • estate, estate of the realm, the three estates - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
    • first estate, lords spiritual - the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
    • lords temporal, second estate - the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
    • commons, third estate - the common people
    • escadrille - an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)
    • noblesse - members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
    • commune - the smallest administrative district of several European countries
    • department - the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
    • prefecture - the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
    • deputy - a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
    • franc-tireur - a sharpshooter (in the French army)
    • legionary, legionnaire - a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
    • patron - the proprietor of an inn
    • 1000000000000, one million million, trillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
    • quadrillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
    • quintillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
    • sextillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros
    • septillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
    • octillion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros
    is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
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    • maginot line - a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940
    • palace of versailles, versailles - a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles
    • capital of france, city of light, french capital, paris - the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
    • avignon - a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
    • bordeaux - a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
    • brest - a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France
    • calais - a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
    • cannes - a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival
    • chablis - a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines
    • chartres - a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
    • cherbourg - a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base
    • dijon - an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons
    • grenoble - a city in southeastern France on the Isere River
    • le havre - a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine
    • lille - an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders
    • lyon, lyons - a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
    • marseille, marseilles - a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
    • nancy - a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
    • nantes - a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
    • nice - a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
    • orleans - a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
    • reims, rheims - a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II
    • toulon - a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast
    • toulouse - a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
    • tours - an industrial city in western France on the Loire River
    • valenciennes - a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
    • versailles - a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century
    • vichy - a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II
    • vienne - a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils
    • riviera - a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
    • french region - a geographical subdivision of France
    • alsace, alsatia, elsass - a region of northeastern France famous for its wines
    • anjou - a former province of western France in the Loire valley
    • aquitaine, aquitania - a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees
    • artois - a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
    • auvergne - a region in central France
    • bourgogne, burgundy - a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
    • breiz, bretagne, brittany - a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
    • centre - a low-lying region in central France
    • champagne, champagne-ardenne - a region of northeastern France
    • corse, corsica - a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
    • franche-comte - a former province of eastern France
    • gascogne, gascony - a region of southwestern France
    • ile-de-france - a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it
    • languedoc-roussillon - a region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there
    • limousin - a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains
    • lorraine, lothringen - an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
    • midi - the southern part of France
    • midi-pyrenees - a region in southwestern France
    • nord-pas-de-calais - a region in northeastern France
    • pays de la loire - an agricultural region of western France on the Bay of Biscay
    • picardie, picardy - a region of northern France on the English Channel
    • poitou, poitou-charentes - a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay
    • rhone-alpes - a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers
    • normandie, normandy - a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
    • orleanais - a former province of north central France; centered around Orleans
    • provence - a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
    • savoy - a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
    • alps, the alps - a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
    • garonne, garonne river - a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay
    • isere, isere river - a river in southeastern France; a tributary of the Rhone
    • lake geneva, lake leman - a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone
    • lascaux - a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings
    • loire, loire river - the longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean
    • loire valley - the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated
    • massif central - a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country
    • meuse, meuse river - a European river; flows into the North Sea
    • mont blanc, monte bianco - the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)
    • pyrenees - a chain of mountains between France and Spain
    • rhein, rhine, rhine river - a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
    • rhone, rhone river - a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
    • sambre, sambre river - a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur
    • saone, saone river - a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone
    • scheldt, scheldt river - a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea
    • seine, seine river - a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
    is a part of: europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
    same as: france

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