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Franconia
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Francónia Francònia Francônia
English
Etymology
en la-med Franconia, from la Francō Frank, from en frk *Frankō a Frank, from en gem-pro *frankô.
Pronunciation
en /fɹæŋˈkəʊ̯.nɪ.ə/ RP
en /fɹæŋˈkoʊ̯.ni.ə/ /fɹæŋˈkoʊ̯.njə/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Franconia.wav US
en əʊniə 4
en Fran co ni a Fran con ia
Proper noun
en Q150907en cultural region/and/former duchy c/Germany comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.
en 1759 George Sale; et al The Modern Part of an Universal History XXIX History of the German Empire http://books.google.com/books?id=dFtjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2 2 Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...
en place c/USA:
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Chisago County s/Minnesota.
en town co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire.
en ghost town co/Putnam County s/Ohio.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Montgomery County s/Pennsylvania.
en CDP co/Fairfax County s/Virginia.
Derived terms
en Franconian Franconia Notch Lower Franconia Middle Franconia Upper Franconia Franconia potatoes
Translations
region of Germany
Arabic: ar فْرَانْكُونِيَا f frankūniyā, ar فْرَنْكُونِيَا f
Catalan: ca Francònia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 弗蘭肯 Fúlánkěn
Danish: da Franken n
Dutch: nl Franken n
Finnish: fi Franken
French: fr Franconie f
Georgian: ka ფრანკონია
German: de Franken
Alemannic German: gsw Franke
Bavarian: bar Frankn, bar Frangn
Greek: el Φραγκονία f
Hungarian: hu Frankföld
Irish: ga Francóin f an Fhrancóin
Italian: it Franconia f
Marathi: mr फ्रँकोनिया, mr फ्रांकेन
Polish: pl Frankonia f
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt Francônia f
European Portuguese: pt Francónia f
Russian: ru Франко́ния f
Spanish: es Franconia f
Swedish: sv Franken n
Welsh: cy Ffranconia f
Latin
Etymology
From la Francō Frank
Proper noun
Franconia<1> la medieval
en Franconia region of modern Germany