S: (n) Maginot Line (a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940)
S: (n) Avignon (a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism)
S: (n) Bordeaux (a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade)
S: (n) Brest (a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France)
S: (n) Calais (a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558)
S: (n) Cannes (a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival)
S: (n) Chablis (a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines)
S: (n) Chartres (a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral)
S: (n) Cherbourg (a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base)
S: (n) Dijon (an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons)
S: (n) Grenoble (a city in southeastern France on the Isere River)
S: (n) Le Havre (a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine)
S: (n) Lille (an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders)
S: (n) Lyon, Lyons (a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon)
S: (n) Nancy (a city in northeastern France in Lorraine)
S: (n) Nantes (a port city in western France on the Loire estuary)
S: (n) Nice (a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera)
S: (n) Orleans (a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429))
S: (n) Rheims, Reims (a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II)
S: (n) Toulon (a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast)
S: (n) Toulouse (a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe)
S: (n) Tours (an industrial city in western France on the Loire River)
S: (n) Valenciennes (a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry)
S: (n) Versailles (a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century)
S: (n) Vichy (a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II)
S: (n) Vienne (a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils)
S: (n) Riviera (a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France) "the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts"
S: (n) Rhone-Alpes (a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers)
S: (n) Normandie, Normandy (a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie)
S: (n) Orleanais (a former province of north central France; centered around Orleans)
S: (n) Provence (a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur)
S: (n) Savoy (a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy)
S: (n) Alps, the Alps (a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction)
S: (n) Mont Blanc, Monte Bianco (the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high))
S: (n) Pyrenees (a chain of mountains between France and Spain)
S: (n) Rhine, Rhine River, Rhein (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea)
S: (n) Rhone, Rhone River (a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles) "the valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards"
S: (n) Sambre, Sambre River (a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur)
S: (n) Saone, Saone River (a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone)
S: (n) Scheldt, Scheldt River (a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea)
S: (n) Seine, Seine River (a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel)
S: (n) French, Daniel Chester French (United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931))
Verb
S: (v) French (cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking) "French the potatoes"
Adjective
S: (adj) French, Gallic (of or pertaining to France or the people of France) "French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug"