See also: franca and Franca

Catalan

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Francia (country of the Franks).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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França f

  1. France (a country in Western Europe)
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Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin Francia.

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França f

  1. France (a country in Western Europe)

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

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França

  1. France (a country in Western Europe)
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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: França

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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bandeira da França

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese França (France), from Late Latin Francia (France), from Latin Francī (the Franks), the nominative plural of Francus, from Frankish *Franko (a Frank), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (javelin). Doublet of Frância.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
  • Hyphenation: Fran‧ça

Proper noun

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França f

  1. France (a country in Western Europe; official name: República Francesa)

Usage notes

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França belongs to a small group of place names (along with Espanha, Inglaterra and Itália) which can be used without the definite article when governed by a preposition: Viveu muito tempo em França.

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Proper noun

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França m or f by sense

  1. a surname