Technically, the Eurostars are derivatives of the TGV, and the term is
understood to mean high speed train, being the French acronym for that term. However, the implication of using such could be that that high speed rail is a French invention, which it is not - the first high speed 'proper' trains originated in Japan, and the first dedicated high speed lines in Europe were in Italy.
And WE still have the world steam speed record
