u/Franmar35000

Image 1 — What is this animal called in your language?
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What is this animal called in your language?

In French, it's "un raton-laveur" (washer baby rat). They are known to wash what they eat, hence the word “laveur”.

u/Franmar35000 — 15 hours ago

What is the origin of the name of the capital of your country?

Paris takes its name from a Gallic people: the Parisii. The Parisii were a people who lived on the banks of the Seine. The city itself was called Lutetia before taking the name of its people in the 4th century AD : Paris.

u/Franmar35000 — 1 day ago

What is the iconic pastry of your region/state/province?

In Brittany it's kouign amann. It means “butter cake” in Breton. It's a calorie bomb but it's so good. The real kouign amann was born in Douarnenez and it is a cake to share. The unit format is called kouignette.

u/Franmar35000 — 4 days ago

What are the prerequisites to be the head of state in your country?

To be President of the Republic in France, you must:

- be over 18 years old

- be of French nationality

- have civil rights

- have had 500 sponsorships from local elected officials and parliamentarians

- not be under guardianship

u/Franmar35000 — 4 days ago

Brittany is a peninsula in the northwest of France bathed by the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.

Brittany (Breizh in Breton, Bretagne in French) comes from the Latin Brittania. Before the 5th century, Brittany was part of Lyon Gaul province but people called this part : Armorica. Brittania is originally the name of the Roman province which corresponds to present-day England. When the Angles and the Saxons invaded the island of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries, the Bretons withdrew into present-day Wales, Cornwall, Galicia, but they also landed in Armorica where they mixed with the Gallo-Romans. Armorica became Brittany at this time.

u/Franmar35000 — 9 days ago