Exonym Atlas

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France

Local name: France

Countries are colored by the family used by their primary display language. Multilingual countries are marked when their names cross families.

Name Families

France / Frankish-root family

Names grouped as likely derived from Latin Francia, 'land of the Franks', which is also the French endonym France. This root spread into virtually every world language as a phonetic borrowing or a 'realm/land of the Franks' calque: France, Francia, Frankreich, Frankrijk, Frankrike, Frankrig, Frakkland, Franciaország, Prantsusmaa, Saprangeti, Fransa, Faransa, Farānse, Ubufaransa, Ufaransa, フランス, 프랑스 and so on. Several East and Southeast Asian forms reached the same Frankish root through the Persian/Indian-Ocean term Farang (itself from 'Frank'): Thai ฝรั่งเศส and Khmer បារាំង are grouped here on that basis.

Examples: France, Francia, Frankreich, Frankrijk, Frankrike, Franciaország, Prantsusmaa, フランス, 프랑스

Gallía / Hellenic Gaul family

Names grouped as likely derived from the Latin/Greek Gallia ('Gaul'), the classical name for the territory before the Frankish period. Modern Greek Γαλλία preserves this older root rather than adopting the Frankish France line used by almost every other language.

Examples: Γαλλία

Tzarfat / Hebrew family

Names grouped as likely derived from the Hebrew toponym צרפת (Tzarfat), a biblical place-name (originally Zarephath in Phoenicia) reassigned to France by medieval Jewish scholars such as Rashi. It is entirely unrelated to the Frankish France root and remains the standard Hebrew name today.

Examples: צרפת

Fǎguó / Sinitic 法 family

Names grouped as likely derived from the Sinitic abbreviation 法 (Fǎ) of the 19th-century Chinese phonetic transcription 法蘭西 (Fǎlánxī), itself rendering 'France/française'. Chinese 法国 (Fǎguó, '法 country') and the Sino-Vietnamese reading Pháp both reduce the full transcription to this single character, a distinct lexical channel from the directly phonetic フランス / 프랑스 forms.

Examples: 法国, Pháp

Wīwī / Māori family

The Māori name Wīwī, grouped as likely derived from the French affirmative 'oui, oui' heard from early French visitors and whalers, rather than from the Frankish France root. It is a unique etymology with no cognates in any other language in the atlas.

Examples: Wīwī

Multilingual / mixed

A country has display languages that fall into different families.

Unknown / unavailable

No curated projection is available yet.

Country Projection

295 namesFamily / confidence

فرانسه

/Farānsa/

DariinAfghanistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرانسه

/Farānsa/

PashtoinAfghanistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransiýa

TurkmeninAfghanistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francë

AlbanianinAlbania

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinAlgeria

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

França

PortugueseinAngola

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Unavailable

unknowninAntarctica

Unknown / unavailable

Pransia

GuaraniinArgentina

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Francia

SpanishinArgentina

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Ֆրանսիա

/Fransia/

ArmenianinArmenia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinAustralia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankreich

GermaninAustria

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransa

AzerbaijaniinAzerbaijan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinBahamas

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ফ্রান্স

/Phrānsa/

BanglainBangladesh

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Францыя

/Frantsyya/

BelarusianinBelarus

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

RussianinBelarus

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrijk

DutchinBelgium

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinBelgium

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankreich

GermaninBelgium

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

bjzinBelize

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

EnglishinBelize

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinBelize

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinBenin

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ཕ་རཱན་སི

/Pha-rān-si/

DzongkhainBhutan

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Phransiya

AymarainBolivia

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Pransia

GuaraniinBolivia

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Fransiya

QuechuainBolivia

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Francia

SpanishinBolivia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francuska

BosnianinBosnia and Herzegovina

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francuska

CroatianinBosnia and Herzegovina

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Француска

/Francuska/

SerbianinBosnia and Herzegovina

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinBotswana

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

TswanainBotswana

France / Frankish-root familylow

França

PortugueseinBrazil

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Perancis

MalayinBrunei

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

BulgarianinBulgaria

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinBurkina Faso

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinBurundi

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Ubufaransa

RundiinBurundi

France / Frankish-root familymedium

បារាំង

/Bârăng/

KhmerinCambodia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinCameroon

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinCameroon

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinCanada

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinCanada

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinCentral African Republic

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Farânzi

SangoinCentral African Republic

France / Frankish-root familymedium

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinChad

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinChad

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinChile

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

法国

/Fǎguó/

ChineseinChina

Fǎguó / Sinitic 法 familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinColombia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinCosta Rica

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francuska

CroatianinCroatia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinCuba

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Γαλλία

/Gallía/

GreekinCyprus

Gallía / Hellenic Gaul familyhigh

Fransa

TurkishinCyprus

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francie

CzechinCzechia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francúzsko

SlovakinCzechia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrig

DanishinDenmark

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinDjibouti

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinDjibouti

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinDominican Republic

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinDR Congo

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Falanse

KongoinDR Congo

France / Frankish-root familylow

Falanse

LingalainDR Congo

France / Frankish-root familymedium

France

Luba-LuluainDR Congo

France / Frankish-root familylow

Ufaransa

SwahiliinDR Congo

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinEcuador

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinEgypt

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinEl Salvador

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinEquatorial Guinea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

França

PortugueseinEquatorial Guinea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinEquatorial Guinea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinEritrea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinEritrea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ፈረንሳይ

/Färänsay/

TigrinyainEritrea

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Prantsusmaa

EstonianinEstonia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinEswatini

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

SwatiinEswatini

France / Frankish-root familylow

ፈረንሳይ

/Färänsay/

AmharicinEthiopia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinFalkland Islands

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinFiji

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

Fiji HindiinFiji

France / Frankish-root familylow

Franis

FijianinFiji

France / Frankish-root familylow

Ranska

FinnishinFinland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrike

SwedishinFinland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinFrance

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinGabon

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinGambia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

საფრანგეთი

/Saprangeti/

GeorgianinGeorgia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankreich

GermaninGermany

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinGhana

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Γαλλία

/Gallía/

GreekinGreece

Gallía / Hellenic Gaul familyhigh

Frankrigi

KalaallisutinGreenland

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Francia

SpanishinGuatemala

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinGuinea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

França

PortugueseinGuinea-Bissau

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransa

Upper Guinea CriouloinGuinea-Bissau

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

EnglishinGuyana

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinHaiti

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frans

Haitian CreoleinHaiti

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinHonduras

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Franciaország

HungarianinHungary

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frakkland

IcelandicinIceland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinIndia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

फ़्रान्स

/Frāns/

HindiinIndia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

பிரான்ஸ்

/Pirāns/

TamilinIndia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Prancis

IndonesianinIndonesia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرانسه

/Farānse/

PersianinIran

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinIraq

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ܦܪܢܣܐ

/Fransā/

AramaicinIraq

France / Frankish-root familymedium

فەرەنسا

/Ferensa/

Central KurdishinIraq

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinIreland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

an Fhrainc

IrishinIreland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinIsrael

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

צרפת

/Tzarfat/

HebrewinIsrael

Tzarfat / Hebrew familyhigh

Francia

ItalianinItaly

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinIvory Coast

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinJamaica

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

Jamaican Creole EnglishinJamaica

France / Frankish-root familylow

フランス

/Furansu/

JapaneseinJapan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinJordan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

KazakhinKazakhstan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

RussianinKazakhstan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinKenya

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Ufaransa

SwahiliinKenya

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinKuwait

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

KyrgyzinKyrgyzstan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

RussianinKyrgyzstan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ຝະລັ່ງ

/Falang/

LaoinLaos

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Francija

LatvianinLatvia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinLebanon

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinLebanon

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinLesotho

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

Southern SothoinLesotho

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

EnglishinLiberia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinLibya

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Prancūzija

LithuanianinLithuania

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinLuxembourg

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankreich

GermaninLuxembourg

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankräich

LuxembourgishinLuxembourg

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinMadagascar

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frantsa

MalagasyinMadagascar

France / Frankish-root familymedium

France

EnglishinMalawi

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

NyanjainMalawi

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

EnglishinMalaysia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Perancis

MalayinMalaysia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinMali

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinMauritania

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinMexico

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Franța

RomanianinMoldova

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франц

/Frants/

MongolianinMongolia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francuska

MontenegrininMontenegro

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinMorocco

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransa

Tamazight / BerberinMorocco

France / Frankish-root familymedium

França

PortugueseinMozambique

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ပြင်သစ်

/Pyinthit/

BurmeseinMyanmar

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Frankryk

AfrikaansinNamibia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinNamibia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankreich

GermaninNamibia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

Hai//ominNamibia

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

HereroinNamibia

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

KwangaliinNamibia

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

LoziinNamibia

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

NdongainNamibia

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

TswanainNamibia

France / Frankish-root familylow

फ्रान्स

/Frāns/

NepaliinNepal

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrijk

DutchinNetherlands

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinNew Caledonia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinNew Zealand

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Wīwī

MāoriinNew Zealand

Wīwī / Māori familyhigh

France

New Zealand Sign LanguageinNew Zealand

France / Frankish-root familylow

Francia

SpanishinNicaragua

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinNiger

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinNigeria

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

프랑스

/Peurangseu/

KoreaninNorth Korea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франција

/Francija/

MacedonianinNorth Macedonia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankriika

Northern SamiinNorway

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Frankrike

Norwegian BokmålinNorway

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrike

Norwegian NynorskinNorway

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinOman

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinPakistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرانس

/Frāns/

UrduinPakistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinPalestine

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinPanama

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinPapua New Guinea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

Hiri MotuinPapua New Guinea

France / Frankish-root familylow

Frans

Tok PisininPapua New Guinea

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Pransia

GuaraniinParaguay

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Francia

SpanishinParaguay

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Phransiya

AymarainPeru

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Fransiya

QuechuainPeru

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Francia

SpanishinPeru

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinPhilippines

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Pransiya

FilipinoinPhilippines

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francja

PolishinPoland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

França

PortugueseinPortugal

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinPuerto Rico

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinPuerto Rico

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinQatar

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinRepublic of the Congo

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Falanse

KongoinRepublic of the Congo

France / Frankish-root familylow

Falanse

LingalainRepublic of the Congo

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Franța

RomanianinRomania

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

RussianinRussia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinRwanda

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinRwanda

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Ubufaransa

KinyarwandainRwanda

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinSaudi Arabia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinSenegal

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Француска

/Francuska/

SerbianinSerbia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinSierra Leone

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francúzsko

SlovakinSlovakia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francija

SlovenianinSlovenia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinSolomon Islands

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinSomalia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Faransiis

SomaliinSomalia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankryk

AfrikaansinSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

Northern SothoinSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

South NdebeleinSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

Southern SothoinSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

SwatiinSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

TsongainSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

TswanainSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

VendainSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

XhosainSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

ZuluinSouth Africa

France / Frankish-root familylow

프랑스

/Peurangseu/

KoreaninSouth Korea

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinSouth Sudan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frantzia

BasqueinSpain

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

França

CatalaninSpain

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

glcinSpain

France / Frankish-root familylow

Francia

SpanishinSpain

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ප්‍රංශය

/Praṁśaya/

SinhalainSri Lanka

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

பிரான்ஸ்

/Pirāns/

TamilinSri Lanka

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinSudan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinSudan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrijk

DutchinSuriname

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrike

SwedishinSweden

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinSwitzerland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

ItalianinSwitzerland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frantscha

RomanshinSwitzerland

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Frankrich

Swiss GermaninSwitzerland

France / Frankish-root familymedium

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinSyria

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

法国

/Fǎguó/

ChineseinTaiwan

Fǎguó / Sinitic 法 familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

RussianinTajikistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Фаронса

/Faronsa/

TajikinTajikistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinTanzania

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Ufaransa

SwahiliinTanzania

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

ฝรั่งเศส

/Farangset/

ThaiinThailand

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

França

PortugueseinTimor-Leste

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransa

TetuminTimor-Leste

France / Frankish-root familymedium

France

FrenchinTogo

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinTrinidad and Tobago

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinTunisia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransa

TurkishinTurkey

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

RussianinTurkmenistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransiýa

TurkmeninTurkmenistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinUganda

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Ufaransa

SwahiliinUganda

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франція

/Frantsiya/

UkrainianinUkraine

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinUnited Arab Emirates

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinUnited Kingdom

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinUnited States

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinUruguay

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Франция

/Frantsiya/

RussianinUzbekistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransiya

UzbekinUzbekistan

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Franis

BislamainVanuatu

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

EnglishinVanuatu

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

FrenchinVanuatu

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Francia

SpanishinVenezuela

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Pháp

VietnameseinVietnam

Fǎguó / Sinitic 法 familyhigh

فرنسا

/Faransā/

Hassaniya ArabicinWestern Sahara

France / Frankish-root familymedium

Francia

SpanishinWestern Sahara

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

Fransa

Tamazight / BerberinWestern Sahara

France / Frankish-root familymedium

فرنسا

/Faransā/

ArabicinYemen

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

EnglishinZambia

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

ChibarweinZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

EnglishinZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familyhigh

France

KalangainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

Khoisan languagesinZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

NdauinZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

North NdebeleinZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

NyanjainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

ShonainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

Southern SothoinZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

TongainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

TsongainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

TswanainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

VendainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

XhosainZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow

France

Zimbabwe Sign LanguageinZimbabwe

France / Frankish-root familylow