The word hexagone is French for hexagon, a 2-dimensional figure having six sides.Hexagone in its French form is also used sometimes to refer to the Nation of France, or the territory in Europe that is France, because it has the rough shape of a hexagon
Metropolitan France is often referred to a 'l'Hexagone, and is indeed roughly hexagonal in shape.
The French sometimes refer to their country as "l'Hexagone" based on its shape. France is roughly hexagonal in shape, hence the nickname.
The French commonly refer to France as "L'Hexagone" because of its roughly hexagonal shape.
The Hexagon or in French, le Hexagon.
'The Hexagon' is another name for France. It refers to the shape of the country. So all mainland French cities are in the Hexagon.
No, the French do not refer to their country as the Fatherland. The term "Fatherland" is more commonly associated with Germany. The French often refer to their country as "La Patrie" or "La France."
the word hexagon is used as an alternative name for France itself because of the general shape of the country, which fits (very roughly) in an hexagon.
The French word hexagone means "hexagon" (a 2-dimensional, 6-sided shape). It is sometimes used to refer to mainland France because of its general hexagonal shape. L'Hexagone is roughly synonymous with la Métropole, or contiguous "metropolitan" France.
The word "hexagone" (French for "hexagon") is sometimes used to refer to the French territory because the borders of the French Republic in Europe form a roughly hexagonal shape.In that sense, on the sides of the Hexagone of France are:Bay of Biscay and Celtic SeaEnglish ChannelBelgium, Luxembourg, and GermanyGermany, Switzerland, and ItalyMonaco and Mediterranean SeaSpain and Andorra
Les Habitants. Litterally French for "the inhabitants", it is a term long used by French Canadians to refer to themselves as a group..
because the outline of France is like the shape of a hexagon