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  2. Category:French-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Franco-Provençal-language surnames (13 P) Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,725 total.

  3. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Chouteau (named for Auguste Pierre Chouteau, fur trader born in Upper Louisiana of French descent; Delaware County; Durant (The French surname of the town's founding French/Choctaw family) El Reno (Named after Civil War officer Jesse L. Reno, of Huguenot descent) Guymon; Lucien (A common French given name) Poteau ("Stake," named by French ...

  4. Louisiana Creole people - Wikipedia

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    Map of North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War (part of the international Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763)). The Flag of French Louisiana. Through both the French and Spanish (late 18th century) regimes, parochial and colonial governments used the term Creole for ethnic French and Spanish people born in the New World.

  5. Category:Surnames of French origin - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 455 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. List of French possessions and colonies - Wikipedia

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    This map shows the Louisiana Purchase area, which corresponds approximately with the western half of colonial French Louisiana, the part not ceded to English-speaking peoples in 1763. Taking up of the Louisiana by La Salle in the name of the Kingdom of France New France at its greatest extent in 1710.

  7. List of French Americans - Wikipedia

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    Franco-American Flag [citation needed]. French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great ...

  8. List of French people - Wikipedia

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    Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French East India Company. Joseph François Dupleix, Governor for French territories in India; Lally-Tollendal, Governor for French territories in India; Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau, Governor for French territories in India; Louis Faidherbe ...

  9. French name - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, most French people were given names from the Roman Catholic calendar of saints. However, given names for French citizens from immigrant communities are often from their own culture, and in modern France it has become increasingly common to use first names of (international) English or other foreign origin.

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