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The name France means 'Land of the Franks.' The Franks were a Germanic tribe who lived in Northern Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire
'Franc' orignally comes from the tribe name 'franks' , which meant 'free' in their Germanic language. It gave the words France (land of the Franks), français (French), franchise (same word in English).
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France was named after a Germanic tribe, the "Franks", who settled in Northern France, and whose kings came to preeminence after the fall of the Roman Empire.The Franks held a large territory in nowadays Belgium, Northern France and down to Paris. At the time the word "Frank" also meant 'free'. In reference to the Franks, a region a few kilometers north of Paris was also named "France". That name is still existing in place names like "Roisssy-en-France". That land was part of the royal domain of the first French kings, who came to extend their domination upon the other French regions.
From the Franks - who, oddly enough, came from Germany.France was named after the "Franks", who were a confederation of tribes from West Germany and nowadays Belgium. They raided what was known as Gaul in the 3rd to 5fth centuries.
What would 400 franks be worth in American Dollars during 1890?
The Franks are a Germanic tribe that migrated from their homeland east of the Rhine in the 6th century to modern day Gaul. The Franks were Germanic and do not confuse them with French. Many say that Charlemagne was a French emperor but that is not the truth. The ancestor of the French are peasants and not the ruling Franks and the later French kings/nobles have almost no Frankish ancestry, if not none.
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If you mean French francs, then they no longer exist as a currency - France now uses the Euro.
French is often called by the Germans as the land of the Franks.
The Franks spoke Old Frankish, which eventually evolved into Old Dutch, Middle Dutch, and then Modern Dutch.
The Franks converted to Catholicism primarily due to the influence of their king, Clovis I, who converted to Christianity in 496 AD. This conversion helped solidify alliances with neighboring Christian kingdoms and also gave the Franks a sense of religious unity within their growing territory. Additionally, adopting Christianity provided Clovis and the Franks with legitimacy and support from the powerful Christian church.
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The modern French are the descendants of the Franks and their intermarriage and "French-ification" of the native Gauls. The Franks were from what is today the border where Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet (the area near Aachen, Germany and Maastricht, Netherlands). The Gauls were from all over France.
the nouns France, français, French comes from the name of the Gaulish Germanic tribe the Franks ('les Francs' in French.)