Île-de-France

English

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

Proper noun

Île-de-France

2. An administrative region in north-central France, including Paris.
4. A domestic sheep breed originally from the region.

Translations

region of France

• Breton: Enez-Frañs f
• Catalan: Illa de França f
• Cherokee: ᎢᎵ Ꮥ ᏩᏂᏍ (ili de wanis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法蘭西島／法兰西岛 (zh) (Fǎlánxī dǎo)

• Corsican: Île-de-France f
• Danish: Île-de-France (da)
• French: Île-de-France (fr) f
• German: Île-de-France (de) f
• Hebrew: איל-דה-פראנס m
• Italian: Île-de-France f, Isola di Francia f
• Japanese: イル＝ド＝フランス (Iru=do=Furansu), イル·ド·フランス (Iru do Furansu)
• Korean: 일 드 프랑스 (Il deu Peurangseu), 일드프랑스 (Ildeupeurangseu)
• Latin: Insula Franciae f
• Marathi: इल-द-फ्रांस (il-da-phrāusa)
• Norman: Île-dé-Fraunce f
• Occitan: Illa de França f
• Picard: Ile-ed-Franche f
• Polish: Île-de-France (pl) n
• Portuguese: Ilha de França f
• Russian: Иль-де-Фра́нс (ru) m (Ilʹ-dɛ-Fráns)
• Spanish: Isla de Francia f
• Turkish: Île-de-France

French

Etymology

Likely from a corruption of Frankish *Liddle Franke (“little Franconia”), from Frankish *lūtil (“little”) + the name of the Frankish tribe, later reinterpreted as l’ + île + de + France (the Isle of France).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.də.fʁɑ̃s/

• Audio (Paris)

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Proper noun

Île-de-France f

1. Île-de-France (an administrative region in north-central France, including Paris)

   Meronyms: Essonne, Hurepoix, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Val-de-Marne

2. Île-de-France (a domestic sheep breed originally from the region)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Île-de-France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈil dɨ ˈfrãs/

Proper noun

Île-de-France n (indeclinable)

1. Île-de-France (an administrative region in north-central France, including Paris)
2. Île-de-France (a domestic sheep breed originally from the region)

Further reading

• Île-de-France in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Île-de-France in PWN's encyclopedia