Île-de-France

English

Wikipedia

On this map of France, the Île-de-France is in Red

Proper noun

Île-de-France

1. A region of France, including Paris.

Translations

region

• Catalan: Illa de França (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法蘭西島 (cmn), 法兰西岛 (cmn) (Fǎlánxī dǎo)

• Danish: Île-de-France (da)
• French: Île-de-France (fr) f
• German: Île-de-France (de) f

• Japanese: イル＝ド＝フランス (ja) (Iru-do-Furansu), イル·ド·フランス (ja) (Iru-do-Furansu)
• Latin: Insula Franciae (la) f
• Marathi: इल-द-फ्रांस (mr) (ila-da-frāṃsa)
• Russian: Иль-де-Франс (ru) (Ilʹ-dɛ-Fráns) m

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Ultimately from a corruption of Frankish Lidle Franke, Liddle Franke (“little Franconia, little France”), later misinterpreted as though île + de + France (Isle of France).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /il də fʁɑ̃s/

• Audio (Paris)

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Proper noun

Île-de-France

1. A region of France, including Paris.