ile-de-france

1. 1.

   a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it

   BroaderFrench region

   Part ofFrance

Questions about ile-de-france

What does ile-de-france mean?

ile-de-france means "a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it".

How many syllables are in ile-de-france?

ile-de-france has 4 syllables: i-le--de--france. The stress falls on "le-".

Is ile-de-france a common word?

ile-de-france is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.