what is france originally named
The name France comes from Latin Francia, which literally means land of the Franks .Originally it applied to the whole Empire of the Franks, extending from southern France to eastern Germany.he name of the town literally means Roissy in the Pays de France , and not Roissy in the country France. Another example of the use of France in this meaning is the new Stade de France, which was built near Saint-Denis for the 1998 Football World Cup.