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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.

The variant " Anne " was originally French , although it has been in use in English for hundreds of years .
Output:
Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne , originally a French version of the name , though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years , and Ann , which was originally the English spelling .