The gender of countries

Question 1

a.

Answer 1

ln French, countries, continents, states, provinces, etc., have, like
everything else, a gender. France is feminine, Japan is masculine. How
can one determine the gender? Most of the time, by its ending.
Countries and regions ending in e tend to be feminine: la France, la
Chine, la Norvège, la Provence, la Californie, l’Asie. But Mexico, le
fvlexique, is masculine. Countries and regions ending in a consonant or
another vowel tend to be masculine: le Japon, le Canada, le fvlaroc, le
Languedoc, le Texas, le fvlontana.