Corsica
Mediterranean French island
Corsica is a mountainous island in the Mediterranean Sea, a territorial collectivity of France lying southeast of the French mainland and north of Sardinia.
It is the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The adjective and noun for its people is Corsican: Corsican independence movements, She married a Corsican.
Having many peaks
- terrainLand's physical features
- rockyCovered with stones
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
peaks · maquis · untamed · forests · hiking · adventure · scenic · landscape
Collective social practices
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- identityWho someone is
folklore · customs · ancestry · Genoese · gastronomy · charcuterie · patrimony · archaeology
French imperial family name
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- exileBanishment from homeland
- FranceWestern European republic
military · strategist · revolution · general · campaigns · Waterloo · Elba · St. Helena
mountainous
Having many peaks
- terrainLand's physical features
- rockyCovered with stones
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
cliffs · peaks · maquis · untamed · forests · hiking · adventure · scenic · landscape · remote
culture
Collective social practices
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
identity · folklore · customs · ancestry · Genoese · gastronomy · charcuterie · patrimony · archaeology · menhir
maquis
Mediterranean coastal scrub
Bonaparte
French imperial family name
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- exileBanishment from homeland
France · military · strategist · revolution · general · campaigns · Waterloo · Elba · St. Helena · Josephine
sea
Saltwater body, not ocean
cerulean · maritime · sailing · yachting · fishing · marine · climate · olive · vineyard · cuisine
- islandsisland, isle, isles, islet, islets
- Corsicamaquis, polyphony, chestnuts, citadel, Bonaparte
- European TerritoriesAndorra, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Vatican City
- France geographyregions, departments, provinces, communes, cantons
- French CoastNice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Biarritz, Antibes
- French GeographyAlps, Ile-de-France, Burgundy, Aquitaine, French Alps