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Sources referring to "Francia" in the 8th-9th-10th centuries include under this name both Gaul (also called West Francia) and Germany (also called East Francia). How come Germany stopped being called (East) Francia in German, and (West) Francia stopped being called Gaul in French?

by /u/RomanItalianEuropean in /r/AskHistorians

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