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> They call their country France, named after the Germanic tribe of the Franks.

You mean, the Germans who call it “Frankreich”?

There were several Frankish tribes, who occupied over the years regions from Thuringia all the way to Gascony. You might have heard of Clovis, king of the Franks, baptised at Reims and who made Paris the capital of his kingdom, and founded the Frankish Merovingian dynasty that ruled almost all of what is France now for 2 centuries. Gauls had been heavily romanised well before that point anyway.

You should probably read a bit in a subject before trying to be clever.



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