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Abénaquis
noun, masculine
an Abenaki Native American
Acadiana
proper noun
Acadiana (an official region of southern Louisiana)
Acadie
proper noun
the ancient and mythical Acadia; Acadia (a former French colony in North America in modern eastern Canada and the United States)
Acadien
noun, masculine
Acadian (a native of Acadia)
the French Academy: an academy dedicated to the perfection of the French language and standards of usage, founded in the 17th century
Acarnanie
proper noun
Acarnania (a region of Greece)
Accous
proper noun
Accous (a village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Achab
proper noun
Ahab (biblical character)
Achache
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Achard
proper noun
a surname, Achard
Achaïe
proper noun
Achaea
Achille
proper noun
Achilles; a male given name from Ancient Greek
Achour
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Achoura
proper noun
Ashura (a holy day falling on the 10th day of Muharram, an optional fasting day for Sunni Muslim and a commemoration day of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in 680 AD for Shia Muslim)
Achéménide
noun, masculine/feminine
Achaemenid
Achéménès
proper noun
Achaemenes (the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty)
Achéron
proper noun
Acheron; death; hell
Acoua
proper noun
a city in Mayotte department, France
Acre
proper noun
Acre (a port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith)
Acre
proper noun
Acre (a state of the North Region, Brazil)
Actes
proper noun
Acts
Action démocratique du Québec
a conservative autonomist political party in Québec
Acton
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Acton Vale
proper noun
Acton Vale (a city in Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada)
Actéon
proper noun
Actaeon (grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses)
Adam
proper noun
Adam (biblical figure); a male given name; diminutive forms Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, Adnot
Adanet
proper noun
a rare surname, derived from a medieval diminutive of Adam
Addis-Abeba
proper noun
Addis Ababa (the capital of Ethiopia)
Adeline
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Adèle
Adenot
proper noun
a surname based on a medieval diminutive of Adam
Adiabène
proper noun
Adiabene
Adimi
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Adjani
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Adolphe
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Adolph
Adriatique
proper noun
Adriatic
Adrien
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Adrian
Adrienne
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Adrien
Adèle
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Adela
Adélard
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Adelard
Adélaïde
proper noun
Adelaide (the capital and largest city of South Australia, Australia); a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide
Adélie
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Adèle
Afar
noun, masculine
Afar (member of the Afar people)
Afars et Issas
proper noun
ellipsis of Territoire français des Afars et des Issas
Afghan
noun, masculine
Afghan (native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)
Afghanistan
proper noun
Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital and largest city: Kaboul)
Africain
noun, masculine
an African person
Afrique
proper noun
Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
West Africa (a geographic region comprising the western portion of Africa, spanning sixteen countries)
Afrique du Nord
proper noun
North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)
Afrique du Sud
proper noun
South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)
Afrique noire
proper noun
black Africa
Afro-Eurasie
proper noun
Afro-Eurasia (supercontinent)
Agamemnon
proper noun
Agamemnon
Agathe
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Agatha
Agathyrses
noun, masculine
Agathyrsi (a tribe of Sarmatia)
Agde
proper noun
Agde (a town and commune of Hérault department, Occitania, France)
Agen
proper noun
Agen (a city and commune, the prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Aggée
proper noun
Haggai
Aglukark
proper noun
a surname from Inuktitut