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  2. Dasani - Wikipedia

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    Dasani (/ d ə ˈ s ɑː n i /) is a brand of bottled water created by the Coca-Cola Company, launched in 1999. [1] It is one of many brands of Coca-Cola bottled water sold around the world. The product is filtered and bottled.

  3. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    But President Hastings Banda, the founding President of Malawi, reported in interviews that in the 1940s he saw a "Lac Maravi" shown in "Bororo" country on an antique French map titled "La Basse Guinee Con[t]enant Les Royaumes de Loango, de Congo, d'Angola et de Benguela" and he liked the name "Malawi" better than "Nyasa" (or "Maravi").

  4. Perrier - Wikipedia

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    He had come to France to learn the language. Dr. Perrier showed him the spring, and he decided to buy it. He sold his share of the family newspapers to raise the money. Harmsworth closed the spa, as spas were becoming unfashionable. He renamed the spring Source Perrier and started bottling the water in distinctive green bottles.

  5. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    The name reform introduced around 1850 had the names changed to a western style, most likely imported from France, consisting of a given name followed by a family name. As such, the name is called prenume (French prénom ), while the family name is called nume or, when otherwise ambiguous, nume de familie ("family name").

  6. Desani - Wikipedia

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    Desani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: G. V. Desani (1909–2000), ... Dasani This page was last edited on 6 August 2024, at 12:35 ...

  7. French diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Although less important than in other European countries, immigration from France to the New World was numerous from the start of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013, French authorities estimate that between 2 [ 18 ] and 3.5 million [ 19 ] French nationals are living abroad but the diaspora includes over 30 million ...

  8. Name of France - Wikipedia

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    Origin; Language(s) Developed from the settlement of Romanized Franks in Île-de-France. Word/name: Due to the influence of Paris as capital of France, its Romance language gradually spread over the whole country as a standard language, especially after the French Revolution. Prior to then different Romance languages were spoken in the ...

  9. History of Burgundy - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of the second Duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy within the Frankish realms.. The history of Burgundy stretches back to the times when the region was inhabited in turn by Celts, Romans (Gallo-Romans), and in the 5th century, the Roman allies the Burgundians, a Germanic people perhaps originating in Bornholm (Baltic Sea), who settled there and ...