Definition of France in English:
France
A country in western Europe; population 64,400,000 (estimated 2015); official language, French; capital, Paris.
法国（西欧国家；2009年估计人口64, 420, 100；官方语言为法语；首都巴黎）
France became a major power under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties in the 16th–18th centuries, and, after the overthrow of the monarchy in the French Revolution (1789), briefly dominated Europe under Napoleon. Defeated in the Franco-Prussian war (1870–1), the country suffered much destruction and loss of life in the First World War and during the Second World War was occupied by the Germans. France was a founder member of the EEC in 1957
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Definition of France in US English:
France
A country in western Europe, on the Atlantic Ocean; population 64,400,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Paris; official language, French.
France became a major power under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties in the 16th–18th centuries and briefly dominated Europe under Napoleon after the overthrow of the monarchy in the French Revolution 1789. Defeated in the Franco-Prussian War 1870–71, the country also suffered much destruction and loss of life in World War I, and during World War II was occupied by the Germans. France was a founding member of the EEC (now the EU) in 1957