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Franco
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franco franco- Franco-
English
thumb|Francisco Franco (Spanish caudillo)
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en male Italian,Spanish Frank,Francis.
en Spanish.
Francisco Franco, the long-ruling right-wing 20th century Spanish caudillo since the Spanish Civil War (1939–1975).
Derived terms
en Francoesque Francoism Francoist Francolatry<id:Franco>
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Franco is the 476th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 69943 individuals. Franco is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.00%) and White (15.82%) individuals.
Etymology 2
From en Franco-.
Alternative forms
en franco
Noun
A French person.
en Paul Paré A History of Franco-American Journalism A Franco-American Overview 1 May 1979 241 1 0-89857-107-3 Other Franco-American journalists didn’t see it his way, notably the editor of the Jean-Baptiste a newspaper in Northampton, Massachusetts. A journalistic debate began on the merits of repatriation, some newspapers calling those Francos who returned to Québec traitors while other papers used the same epithet to describe those Francos who remained in New England.
en Gary Caldwell; Eric Waddell The English of Quebec: From Majority to Minority Status 1982 131 and 141 2-89224-019-0 As will be demonstrated, it provided very good analytical material for reflection on the relationships between Anglos and Francos in Quebec. Firstly, the Francos of Quebec are perceived as being in general agreement on their collective name, which name others are also seen to recognize.
en Bud B. Khleif Language, Ethnicity, and Education in Wales Mouton Publishers 1980 327 90-279-7898-0 Because of my earlier interest in ethnic relations in New England—e.g. the Anglos and Francos in New Hampshire and Maine (Khleif 1973)—and my familiarity with British community studies, I became interested in Welsh-English relations and did fieldwork on that subject in 1973–1974.
en w:Elspeth Probyn Outside Belongings w:Routledge 1996 4 0-415-91583-X In my own case in the area of Mile-End (a mixed neighborhood of Jews, Greeks, Portuguese, Anglos, Francos), my back balcony (or more precisely, la galérie) is a mere foot and a half wide and joins me with my two neighbors, women with whom I often converse.
Further reading
Francisco Franco
en Individuals
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :bor es:Franco + 1
Pronunciation
ceb /ˈfɾaŋ.k̠o/
Nativized
ceb Fran co
Proper noun
Frangko
ceb male Spanish Frank
ceb Spanish
Dutch
Proper noun
m
nl male Italian,Spanish Frank,Francis.
nl Spanish
notably refers to Francisco Franco, the long-ruling right-wing 20th century Spanish caudillo since the Spanish Civil War (from 1939 to 1975)
Galician
Etymology
From gl roa-opt franco French; sincere; generous, used as a byname meaning either "the Frenchman" or the "generous; sincere; loyal" one.
Pronunciation
gl /ˈfɾaŋkʊ/
Proper noun
gl
References
Hiligaynon
Etymology
hil :bor es:Franco + 1
Pronunciation
hil /ˈfɾaŋ.k̠o/
Nativized
ceb Fran co
Proper noun
hil male Spanish Frank
hil Spanish
Italian
Pronunciation
Frànco<audio:It-Franco.oga>
Proper noun
m
it male Frank
Latin
Etymology
la Francō :bor gem-pro:*frankô + 1
Noun
Francō<3.both> m
a Frank
la Francus
Declension
Francō<3.both>
Derived terms
la Franconia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt franco
pt Fran co
Proper noun
m
pt male Frank
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt
Derived terms
pt franquismo
pt franquista
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es male Frank
es
es w:Francisco Franco Spanish dictator
Derived terms
es franquismo franquista
Descendants
ceb Franco 1
hil Franco 1
tl Franco 1
es Individuals
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Franco + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
prangko
tl male Spanish Frank
tl Spanish
Statistics
Franco 163rd 40,278