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Le Coq d'Or



Le coq apparaît dès l'Antiquité sur des monnaies gauloises. Il devient
symbole de la Gaule et des Gaulois à la suite d'un jeu de mots, le terme
latin " gallus " signifiant à la fois coq et gaulois.

Il est surtout utilisé à l'étranger pour évoquer la France, notamment comme
emblème sportif.

Ce n'est pas Royal.

Le Coq d'Or is also an Opera by  Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov . It premiered on
24 May 1914 at the Paris Opera

(The rooster appears since  antiquity on the Gallic currencies. It becomes
symbol of Gaul and the Gauls  following a word game, the term in Latin "
gallus " means rooster at sometimes and Gallic at others.

It is used especially abroad to symbolise France, notably as a sporting
emblem.)

It  is not Royal



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