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Esperance (disambiguation) Esperance may refer to: * Esperance (town), New York * Esperance (village), New York * Esperance, Quartier Militaire (village), Quartier Militaire, Moka, Mauritius * Esperance, Washington * Esperance, Western Australia ** Goldfields–Esperance, a ...

'' Espérance is one of the two

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the common uses of "hope", "espérance" refers to an abstract, positive expectation. It is rarely used compared to its counterpart, except in the field of mathematics, where it refers to the

Expected value In probability theory, the expected value (also called expectation, expectancy, expectation operator, mathematical expectation, mean, expectation value, or first Moment (mathematics), moment) is a generalization of the weighted average. Informa ...

, and in religious texts. The name is used for organizations in many

Francophone The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...

countries. ;Places *

Espérance, French Guiana Espérance (Kalina: ''Wilamila'') is a village of Kalina Amerindians in the commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The village is located about 12 kilometres south of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni on the road to Saint-Jean-du-Maroni. Overview About 200 K ...

, a village near Saint-du-Maroni, French Guiana * Espérance, Mauritius, a village in the district of Moka, Mauritius *

Esperance, Western Australia Esperance () is a town in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth and south of Kalgoorlie. The urban population of Esperance was 12,003 ...

, a town in Western Australia ;Union *

Espérance Club The Espérance Club, and the Maison Espérance dressmaking cooperative, were founded in the mid-1890s by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and Mary Neal in response to distressing conditions for girls in the London dress trade. The club was based at 50 ...

, a trade union for girl dressmakers in 19th and early 20th century London, England ;Sports clubs *

Espérance Sportive de Tunis Espérance Sportive de Tunis (), known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, is a Tunisian professional sports club founded on 15 January 1919 in the Bab Souika neighborhood of Tunis. Its football (soccer), football section has competed in th ...

, a football club in Tunisia *

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (handball) Espérance Sportive de Tunis Handball (Arabic: الترجي الرياضي التونسي لكرة اليد) is a Tunisian handball team based in Tunis, that plays in Tunisian Professional Handball League. The club holds 36 domestic league titl ...

, the handball team of Espérance Sportive de Tunis *

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (volleyball) The Espérance Sportive de Tunis Volleyball (, often referred to as ''EST'') is one of Espérance Sportive de Tunis club's sections that represent the club in Tunisia and international volleyball competitions, the club team section based in cap ...

, the volleyball team of Espérance Sportive de Tunis *

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (basketball) Espérance Sportive de Tunis is a Tunisian basketball club based in Tunis, as the basketball section of Espérance Sportive de Tunis. They currently play in the Championnat National 1, the second division. History The sports club Espérance ...

, the basketball team of Espérance Sportive de Tunis * Espérance Football Club, Rwandan football club *

Espérance Guider Espérance FC is a Cameroonian football club based in Guider. They are a member of the Cameroonian Football Federation. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de Guider. Stadium The club uses Stade Municipal de Guider, a multi-use stadium in Gui ...

, Cameroonian football club *

Espérance Sportive de Zarzis Espérance Sportive de Zarzis ( known as ES Zarzis or simply ESZ for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Zarzis. The club was founded in 1934 by Haj Ali Bouchhioua and its colours are yellow, red and black. Their home stadium, Abdessa ...

, Tunisian football club *

Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French professional association football club based in Troyes that competes in Ligue 2. It plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Aube. Founded in 1986, it is ...

, French football club ;Ship * French ship ''Espérance'' (1781)