How Did France & Its Regions Get Their Names?

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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Historical Profile of France: https://www.thoughtco.com/france-a-hi...
The World’s Most Visited Countries: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/1...
Hauts-de-France: https://www.britannica.com/place/Haut...
Normandy: https://www.etymonline.com/word/normandy
Île-de-France: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-%C3%8Ele...
Grand Est: https://www.britannica.com/place/Gran...
Champagne: https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2...
Brittany:    • What Did The Celts Call Ancient Britain?  
Loire: https://www.etymonline.com/word/loire
Aquitaine: https://www.etymonline.com/word/aquit...
Limousine: https://www.etymonline.com/word/limou...
Auvergne: http://www.memidex.com/auvergne
Occitania: http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/dest...
Corsica: https://www.etymonline.com/word/corsica

PRONUNCIATION SOURCES
Hauts-de-France: https://forvo.com/word/hauts-de-franc...
Nord-Pas-de-Calais: https://forvo.com/word/nord-pas-de-ca...
Picardy: https://forvo.com/search/Picardy/fr/
Île-de-France: https://forvo.com/word/%C3%AEle-de-fr...
Région Parisienne: https://forvo.com/word/r%C3%A9gion_pa...
Grand Est: https://forvo.com/word/grand_est/#fr
Alsace: https://forvo.com/word/alsace/#fr
Champagne-Ardenne: https://forvo.com/word/champagne-arde...
Lorraine: https://forvo.com/word/lorraine/#fr
Pays de la Loire: https://forvo.com/word/pays_de_la_loi...
Loire: https://forvo.com/word/loire/#fr
Centre-Val de Loire: https://forvo.com/word/centre-val_de_...
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: https://forvo.com/word/bourgogne-fran...
Nouvelle-Aquitaine: https://forvo.com/word/nouvelle-aquit...
Limousin: https://forvo.com/word/limousin/#fr
Poitou-Charentes: https://forvo.com/search/Poitou-Chare...
Aquitaine: https://forvo.com/word/aquitaine/#fr
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: https://forvo.com/word/auvergne-rh%C3...
Rhône-Alps: https://forvo.com/word/rh%C3%B4ne-alp...
Occitanie: https://forvo.com/word/occitanie/#fr
Languedoc-Roussillon: https://forvo.com/word/languedoc-rous...
Midi-Pyrénées: https://forvo.com/word/midi-pyr%C3%A9...
Occitania: https://forvo.com/word/occitania/#oc
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: https://forvo.com/word/provence-alpes...
Région du Sud: https://forvo.com/word/r%C3%A9gion_du...

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