French America

French America

French America ( _fr. Amérique française) is the French-speaking community of peoples and diaspora, notably those tracing back origins to New France, the early French colonization of the Americas. Quebec is the center of the community. But it may also include Louisiana in the United States and Haiti. The Ordre des francophones d'Amériques is a decoration given in the name of the community to its members. It can also be described as the Francophonie of America (the continent).

Members and corresponding diasporas

*Acadia—(Acadians)

See also

*French in the United States
*Anglo America
*Latin America
*Francophonie
*French colonization of the Americas
*Quebec
*History of Quebec
*Acadia
*New France
*French Louisiana
*Haiti


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