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Back when she was a 15 year old girl in France she starred in a Frech Oprea The French Harlot and since than she has also been known as The French Harlot.
vendu(e) (be careful 'soldes' in French means sales - cut priced - which has been known to create misunderstandings!)
Louis Saha is best known for being a French footballer. He was born in 1978 and has been very successful in his footballing career and has been capped 20 times.
French Quebec
In France, French- speaking countries are known are francophonie countries. This means French speaking
The country of Burkina Faso was known as Upper Volta from 1958 to 1984, having previously been the colony known as French Upper Volta.
The story has been translated in to many languages. I have copies in Spanish, French, German and Danish.
Renault has long been one of the best known French car brands.
Tenant farmers paid their French lords annual rent. This practice has been important in the United States since the 1870s.
French has been spoken in Switzerland for several centuries. It became one of the four official languages of the country in 1938, along with German, Italian, and Romansh. The French-speaking region of Switzerland, known as Romandy, is located mainly in the western part of the country.
The French Protestants were called the Huguenots.
No though some popular culture fads have passed through France and have not been as widely known about in America