Hexagone
See also: hexagone
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FWOTD – 14 July 2018

l'Hexagone
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Etymology
    
From the shape of France; which roughly corresponds to a hexagon (hexagone in French).
Pronunciation
    
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za.ɡɔn/
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Proper noun
    
l’Hexagone m
- mainland of France
- 1970, Robert Beauvais, L’hexagonal tel qu’on le parle:- Qu’est-ce que l’Hexagone ? C’est la France. Mais le mot «France», entaché d’une affectivité suspecte, petite-bourgeoise, tend à basculer vers le folklore ; le langage contemporain lui préfère celui d’Hexagone qui, dans sa pureté fonctionnelle, semble mieux adapté à la définition d’une grande nation moderne.- What is the "Hexagon"? It is France. But the word "France", blemished by a suspect, petit bourgeois affectivity, tends to fall into folklore; the contemporary language prefers "Hexagon", which, in its functional purity, seems better adapted to the definition of a great modern nation.
 
 
- 1975, “Hexagone”, in Amoureux de Paname, performed by Renaud:- Être né sous le signe de l’Hexagone / C’est vraiment pas une sinécure / Et le roi des cons sur son trône / Il est français, ça j’en suis sûr- Being born under the sign of Hexagon / It's not so much a sinecure / And the king of fools upon his throne / He's French, of that I'm sure
 
 
 
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