Île-de-France

Île-de-France

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

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).

• IPA^(key): /il.də.fʁɑ̃s/

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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)

Unadapted borrowing from French Île-de-France.

• IPA^(key): /ˈil ˈdɘ ˈfrãs/
• Syllabification: Île-‧de-‧France

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)

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