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The “Gaulois” Legacy in French Part 1 Posted by on Feb 8, 2011

Long before that the hexagonal land that we know today asĀ France was invaded by foreign German tribes called the Franks, who went as far as changing its original language and name, it was known to its inhabitants as La Gaule. Those native inhabitants, who were of Celtic “souche“(a Gaulish word meaning “stock”, “origin”), were known…

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