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All the place names in France and their introduction
(1) Paris: the capital of France, with beautiful scenery of the Eiffel Tower!

法文:US Boulogne

A port in northern France on the right side of the English Channel. The Roman emperor Constantine was named after the Italian city of Bononia (now Bologna).

Deauville (Deauville)

A tourist attraction in many provinces of Calva in northern France, its name is probably Latin de (belonging to ...) plus German auwa (wet plain) and Latin villa (village), which means "village on wet plain".

(23) Dieppe

The name of a port and tourist attraction near the English Channel in northern France is related to the Flemish word dieb, which refers to the mouth of the alker River where the city is located.

24 dinars.

A tourist resort in northern Brittany, France, near the English Channel. This name is a combination of Celtic din (Mountain) and Brittany arzh (Bear), which means "Woong San". (25) Dijon

A city in east-central France. This name comes from the ancient Roman name Diviodunum, which means "the mountain of Divio". The second part of the name dunumwei is Celtic.

(26) Dulan

A historical province of west-central France, named after the Turoni people who lived there. Turoni is a tribe of Gaul, and its name may come from the Celtic word tur (water). See the article "TUR" of the provincial capital.

(27) Douai

A town in northeast France south of Lille. The origin of its name is unclear. Probably from a Gaul named Dous.

(28) Dunkirk.

A port on the northeast coast of France. The name of the city consists of two Flemish names, Dune and kerk, meaning "Church on the Dune". The city developed around St. Eloy's Church, which was built in the 7th century.

(29) Dordogne.

The name of a province and a river in south-central France may come from the Celtic dour, which means "river".

(30) Crown Prince

A historical province of southeastern France, 1349, was ceded to King Philip VI of France. At that time, this territory became the Crown Prince and the heir to the throne, owned the legitimate property (fief) of Charles Varoya (later king of Charles V) and was named as a dove, hence the name. The title of the dove comes from the surname of the aristocrat in Varoya. (3 1) ile-de-france.

A historical region of northern France, with Paris as the center, was named in French, meaning "the island of France". It may be named because there are many important rivers (such as the Marne River, the Seine River and the Vaz River) flowing through it, or because it was the administrative center of the ancient French king who ruled the whole country.

Verdun (32)

A city on the Meuse River in France west of Metz. Its name comes from dun (mountain or fortress) in Celtic, but the meaning of the first half is unknown. The name of the city probably means "protective dam on the Meuse River" or something similar.

(33) Versailles

A town in the southwest of Paris, France, where the famous Palace of Versailles is located, is named after the Latin versus (slope) with the suffix alia.

(34) finis Thiel (Finistere)

A province in western Brittany, France. The name of this province comes from ancient French, which means "the end of the earth" (Latin, meaning "Cape"). It is synonymous with the cape and the end of land in Cornwall, England.

(35) Fontainebleau

A city of north-central France, located in the southeast of Paris, formerly known as Fonsboro Audi. The first word is "spring" in Latin, and the second word comes from the Indo-European word bla (gushing and spraying water), so the whole name means "fountain". The city is famous for the palaces built here in 1998 by King's Road, France, and the city is developing around those palaces. (36) Franche Conte (French Count)

A province in French history, bordering on Switzerland, has a French name, which means "king of thailand". In the 9th century, the son of King Louis I of France granted this place special privileges.

(37) Vosges

The name of a mountain range and a province in eastern France comes from Celtic vos.

(38) Grenoble

A city in southeastern France, originally named Gratianpolis in Latin, means "City of Gracian" (Gratian was the 4th century Roman emperor who founded the city), and now it is named after the original Latin name.

(39) Gui Yan (Guyenne)

A historical province in southwest France, whose name was originally a mistake in Latin Aquitania and French Aquitaine. In the12nd century, this province was once a principality, including Agita and Gascongne (the name is also spelled Guienne).

Guillond (gironde) and gironde

A province in southwest France, where the Garonne River and Dordogne River meet, gironde is a variant of Garonne River and is homologous to Garonne River.

(4 1) Calais

A port city near the Dover Strait in northeastern France, named after Garrity, a Gaul tribe who once lived in Belgium. The tribe is called "coastal residents" and comes from the word "cul", which means "strait" in Gaul. (42) Garonne River

Located in the southwest of France, the name may be a combination of karr (rock, stone) in pre-Indo-European language and onne (river) in Gaul language. The name of Gironde province comes from the name of Garonne River.

(43) Gasconi

A historical province in southwest France, named vasco in Latin, comes from the local ethnic name Vascs (or Basques) (that is, Basque). In the 6th century AD, Basques were driven out of the southern Pyrenees by Visigoths.

(44) Cannes

Ports and tourist attractions along the Mediterranean coast in southern France probably come from the Latin word canna (reed) (Cannes is the plural form of French Canne) or from the pre-Indo-European word can (highland), because the old town of Cannes is located at the foot of a low hill.

(45) Caen

A city in Normandy, northern France, whose name is a combination of Gaul words catu (Battle) and magos (Battlefield), which means "Battlefield".

(46) calvados Province.

A province in northern Normandy, northern France. At the end of 18, the reef near the coast got its name. The name of coral reef is a combination of Latin words calvus and dossum, which refers to the shape of coral reef. (47) Campel.

A city on the Brittany Peninsula in northwest France, southeast of Brest. Its name comes from cenbera in Brittany. It is located at the intersection of the Oster River and the Steyr River.

(48) Codol

The plateau of Burgundy in central France is a French name, which means "golden slope". It is named because the region is rich in grapes.

Gunter Argent (49).

A part of the southwest coast of France, between biarritz and the mouth of the Adu River, is a French name which means "Silver Coast". It is named after the sparkling beaches and seawater in the sun.

Blue coast

A section of the coast of southern France near the Mediterranean, starting from the Italian border in the west and reaching Marseille in the west, means "Blue Coast", which is named after the blue ocean and sky in the sun, and is also known as the Riviera.

(5 1) Cottier Moraud

A section of the coast of northern Brittany, France, from Dinar to Saint-Malo, which means "green coast" in French and is named after the green sea.

(52) Noir pt.

In the northern part of Codol Province, France, the name of this place consists of two parts: French cote (Mountain and Slope) and nuits-St-George. The origin of the first part of the city name is unknown. It doesn't come from Nuit (night) in French, but may come from nauda (swamp) in Latin. red wine

A section of the coast of southern France adjacent to Spain is called the French coast, which means "scarlet coast", and it is named after the bright red rocks and soil.

Corsica i.

An island in the Mediterranean Sea in northern Sardinia. The exact origin of this name has not been determined. It may come from Phoenician horsi, which means "a wooded place" (Phoenicians used to build ships from pine trees on Corsica), or from its ancient Greek name Kyrnos, which may come from Phoenician keren (horn, headland, rock).

Clermont-ferrand.

A city in central France, in Overwien, was called Augustus Nemetun in ancient Rome. It was a combination of the title of the Roman emperor Augustus and the name of a local Gaul tribe. The name of this tribe originated from nemeton (church) in Gaul, and was changed to Alfini in the 3rd-4th century AD according to the name of Arvergne tribe in Gaul. And became the capital of the region, and finally in the Middle Ages, it was renamed Clairmont (French for Clairmont, meaning "Mountain of Light"), which is a common place name in French, and this name is connected with Ferrand, the name of a nearby castle ruler.

(56) Lance

A city in northeast France, located northeast of Paris, was named after Caesar mentioned the Remy tribe in Gaul in 5 1 BC. The city was its capital from the beginning, and the name of the tribe probably means "ruler". Before 1 century BC, there was a Roman name Durocortorum. (57) Landers

A region of southwest France, extending parallel to the Bay of Biscay, is a French place name, meaning "heath wasteland" and "barren sandy land". It comes from the Gaul word landa, and English land is related to it. Most areas are swamps and sand dunes.

Languedoc (58)

The name of a region and a historical province in southern France came into being at the end of 13, and its origin is French Langue d'oc, which means "oc language" (Oak language). "oc" is a French word in the south of France, which means "yes", and in the north it is oil (later became oui).

(59) le havre.

A port city in northern France, located at the mouth of the Seine River, was founded by French King Francois I in 15 17. It was named le havre de Grace at that time, in which "le havre" means port, and the whole city is a "benevolent port" because the fishing village where the city is located has a place dedicated to the "merciful" Virgin Mary.

(60) Le Mans

A city in northwest central France southwest of Paris. In the 2nd century BC, ancient Rome was named Vindinon, which was derived from the Gaul word vindo (white), and in the 4th century AD, it was also named Cenomanni, which was originally the name of a tribe, meaning "countryman". This place used to be the capital of this tribe. Later, the name of this city was abbreviated as Selmans. (6 1) Lyon

The third largest city in France, located in the southeast of central France, is on the Rhone River. Its Roman name is Lugdunum, which may be derived from the word dun in Gaul, the first half from lugus in Gaul, or Lug (pagan Celtic), and its name may also be derived from the Celtic word lucodunos, which means "Mountain of Light". The city was built in 1860.

(62) Lille

A city in northeast France, whose name comes from the old French word I 'isle, was originally built as a fortress, surrounded by swamps.

Limori (63)

A city in central France, located in the west of Clerfayt, is named after the Lemovitch tribe of Gaul (the local name Muzan Limuzan also comes from the name of this tribe). The name of this tribe probably means "residents of elm forest" The city was once named Augustus, which is a combination of the name of the ancient Roman emperor Augustus and the Gaul word rito (involving fields).

(64) Lion Bay

A bay in the Mediterranean Sea, which starts from the border between France and Spain in the west and ends in Toulon in the east, has nothing to do with Lyon, but is related to lions, because there are lion statues along the coast, and it is more likely that when the cold north wind blows, the sea roars like a lion.

(66) Loire River

The longest river in France flows from central France to the northwest and empties into the Bay of Biscay. Its original Roman name is Liger, which comes from lig (mobile) in Indo-European language.

(67) Rouen

A city in northern France northwest of Paris. Its ancient Roman name is Rotomagus, which probably comes from the name of a Gaul tribe or person, or it may be a combination of the two words (city) and (field) in Gaul.

Rhone, R.

A river in western Europe rises in Switzerland, flows into France through Geneva, and then flows south into the Mediterranean Sea. The Latin form of the river name is rhodanus, which may come from the Indo-European word erer (flowing) or the Celtic word Rho (fast flowing). Contrary to the slow-flowing River Thorne, its main tributary, the river name may also come from a language before Indo-European.

(7 1) Marseille

The second largest city in France, a port on the south coast, is known as Massalia (Latin for Massili). This city may have been founded by Phoenicians around C 1000 BC, and was named after a tribe named Masili. However, the origin of the name of this tribe is unclear, and the possibility that this city was founded by Greeks in 600 BC cannot be ruled out.

(72) Maine

A historical province in the northwest of France, located in the south of Normandy, has an ancient name of ceno mania, which is derived from the Celtic language cenn (Mountain), and the tribal name Cenomani (Mountain Man) is also derived from it, while the name Maine is derived from the latter part.

Mantong

A port city and tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast in southeastern France. This name may come from an ancient Roman name mento, or more likely from the Celtic word Men (Rock), which is related to the French word menton (that is, "jaw").

(74) Mace

A city in the Lorraine region of eastern France south of Luxembourg. The romaji translation of its Gaul name is Divodurum (Divo Durum), which comes from the Gaul language diudur (Two Rivers). Later, its Latin name was Mediomatricum, which means "in the middle of Matrisi (the name of Gaul tribe)", then it evolved into Mettis, and finally it evolved into its present form.

(75) Montpellier

The main city of languedoc in the south of France is located in the northwest of Marseille. In 975 AD, the Latin name of the city was Mons P Larry, which means "Daqingshan". It was probably named after the production of Daqingshan dyes, and finally its name was simplified to Montpellier.

(78) Nantes

A city on the Loire River in western France, named after the Nanetti tribe in Gaul, was once the capital of this tribe.

(79) Nim

A city in southern France northwest of Marseilles. Its ancient Roman name is nemausus, which is a combination of Gaul's Nem (Temple) and Latin suffix -ausum.

(80) Not bad

A seaport and tourist resort in southern France, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea, was once a colony of ancient Greece, then known as Nikaea. In the 3rd century BC, the Greek colonists from Massilia (Marseille) dedicated the city to Nice, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, to commemorate their victory in conquering Liguria. France Introduction: Location France is located in the western part of the European continent, with a coastline of about 2,700 kilometers. It is the largest country in Western Europe. Northwest France faces Britain across the sea (English Channel).