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ili-30-08929922-n CILI: i83644
WordNet Domains: administration geography
SUMO Ontology: Nation@
Top Ontology: Part+ Place+
Basic Level Concept: 08544813-n country
Epinonyms: [3] administrative_district
[3] administrative_district |1|
[2] ili-30-08544813-n (has_hyperonym) |1|
[1] ili-30-08696931-n (has_hyperonym) |1|
[0] ili-30-08929922-n (has_hyperonym) |1|
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GL Variants
- Francia · [RILG] [DRAG]
Os anos 1812 e 1813 atopárono en Alemaña e Francia de novo, pero nesta visita a Berlín non buscou os filósofos como fixera na súa primeira viaxe. [e26 (53)] SemCor Corpus
- República_Francesa · [RILG] [DRAG]
Gloss
unha república no oeste de Europa, o país máis grande exclusivamente en Europa
PT Variants
- frança [frˈɐ̃sɐ]
Gloss
uma República na Europa Ocidental; o maior país inteiramente na Europa
CA Variants
- França
- frança
- France
- República_Francesa
EU Variants
- Frantzia
Frankiz Breizh erakundeko Pierre Fourelek 'Frantziako populuek lurraldetasunerako eskubidea' dutela aldarrikatu du
Gloss
Europa mendebaldeko estatua, Ozeano Atlantikoaren eta Mediterraneoaren artean
ES Variants
- France
- Francia
- República_Francesa
EN Variants
- France ['fræns]
- French_Republic
Gloss
DE Variants
- Frankreich
- Französische_Republik
IT Variants
- Francia
FR Variants
- Brest
- France
- République_française
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08696931-n: any one of the countries occupying the European continent
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08173515-n: an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
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08174398-n: an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
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09275473-n: 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
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09692250-n: a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
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09708405-n: a person of French nationality
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03705134-n: 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
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04529486-n: a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles
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08932568-n: the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
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08934313-n: 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
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08934532-n: a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
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08934694-n: a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France
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08934868-n: 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
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08935212-n: a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival
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08935381-n: a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines
Meronyms
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08935516-n: a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
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08935674-n: a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base
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08935848-n: an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons
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08936180-n: a city in southeastern France on the Isere River
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08936303-n: a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine
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08936476-n: an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders
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08936647-n: a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
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08936833-n: a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
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08936996-n: a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
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08937109-n: a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
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08937251-n: a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
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08937414-n: a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
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08937594-n: 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
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08937995-n: a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast
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08938163-n: a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
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08938351-n: an industrial city in western France on the Loire River
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08938478-n: a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
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08938619-n: a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century
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08938819-n: 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
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08939028-n: a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils
Meronyms
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08939201-n: a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
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08939562-n: a geographical subdivision of France
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08940209-n: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines
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08940371-n: a former province of western France in the Loire valley
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08940517-n: a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees
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08940670-n: a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
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08940835-n: a region in central France
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08941057-n: a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
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08941208-n: a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
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08941426-n: a low-lying region in central France
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08941535-n: a region of northeastern France
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08941895-n: a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
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08942277-n: a former province of eastern France
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08942392-n: a region of southwestern France
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08942629-n: a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it
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08942780-n: a region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there
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08942965-n: a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains
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08943104-n: an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
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08943601-n: the southern part of France
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08943699-n: a region in southwestern France
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08943810-n: a region in northeastern France
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08943926-n: an agricultural region of western France on the Bay of Biscay
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08944089-n: a region of northern France on the English Channel
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08944224-n: a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay
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08944378-n: a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers
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08944561-n: a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
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08944818-n: a former province of north central France; centered around Orleans
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08944960-n: a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
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08945277-n: a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
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09194357-n: a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
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09287124-n: a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay
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09316312-n: a river in southeastern France; a tributary of the Rhone
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09331328-n: a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone
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09336416-n: a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings
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09342937-n: the longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean
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09343123-n: the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated
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09348643-n: a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country
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09353437-n: a European river; flows into the North Sea
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09357847-n: the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)
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09401474-n: a chain of mountains between France and Spain
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09408540-n: a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
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09408977-n: a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
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09421191-n: a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur
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09423754-n: a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone
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09425835-n: a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea
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09429752-n: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
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02958392-a: of or pertaining to France or the people of France
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00530386-n: a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)
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01269161-n: a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
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01271428-n: a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
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01274733-n: the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451
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01276634-n: the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
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01277938-n: 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
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01281813-n: a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne
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01287431-n: 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
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01289830-n: a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429
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01291839-n: the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
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01292735-n: a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
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01293167-n: a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
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01294791-n: 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
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01295373-n: battle in World War I (1916)
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01295528-n: battle of World War II (1944)
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01296946-n: a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
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01298371-n: the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)
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01298573-n: a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
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01305007-n: the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
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02805584-n: 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
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03713151-n: a small house
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03855464-n: a red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings
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04117917-n: (French) a street or road in France
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04481796-n: a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)
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06776679-n: a witty comment or writing
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06776783-n: a clever remark
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06964901-n: the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
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07527061-n: (French) happiness and good humor
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07571765-n: (French) an elaborate and skillful manner of preparing food
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07571903-n: 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
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08002125-n: (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money
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08036005-n: a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
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08051739-n: a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
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08167365-n: 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
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08167779-n: the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
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08167953-n: the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
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08168117-n: the common people
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08219923-n: an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)
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08388503-n: members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
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08541609-n: the smallest administrative district of several European countries
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08548733-n: the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
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08626947-n: the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
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10005934-n: a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
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10108937-n: a sharpshooter (in the French army)
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10253703-n: a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
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10408324-n: the proprietor of an inn
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13752443-n: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
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13752911-n: the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
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13753274-n: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
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13753430-n: the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros
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13753585-n: the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
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13753740-n: the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros
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00008007-r: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
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00824631-a: lying toward or situated in the west
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01382086-a: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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08362917-n: a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
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08544813-n: the territory occupied by a nation
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09275473-n: 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
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00536655-n: a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century
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00969421-n: a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
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01269161-n: a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
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01271428-n: a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
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01277540-n: the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954
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01290162-n: a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719)
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01292928-n: a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
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01293167-n: a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
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01296946-n: a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
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01303739-n: a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856
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01304629-n: a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871
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01304820-n: a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760
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01305007-n: the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
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01305147-n: the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453
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01306358-n: a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815
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01308438-n: a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it
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01309109-n: a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
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01310074-n: the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
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01311344-n: a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France
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01311520-n: a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
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01312096-n: a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
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02103181-n: breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France
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02387093-n: one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery
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02406647-n: large white or cream-colored breed from France
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02668093-n: an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU_486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo
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02958392-a: of or pertaining to France or the people of France
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03010915-n: an impressive country house (or castle) in France
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03027935-n: the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel
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03705134-n: 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
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03745571-n: a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France
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03800371-n: a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
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03890713-n: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
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03975419-n: a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
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04117917-n: (French) a street or road in France
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04699767-n: fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
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05842387-n: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
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06227708-n: a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition
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06964901-n: the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
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06965249-n: medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France
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06965406-n: medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France
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06966070-n: a dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France
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06966190-n: the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
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07893891-n: red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)
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07894102-n: dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France
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07894298-n: red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France
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07894551-n: dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it
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07895237-n: any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them
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07896165-n: a wine from southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast
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07896893-n: dry white wine from the Loire valley in France
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15260651-n: any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France