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Franca
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franca França
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from en ca -, en it - and en es Franca or, alternatively, from en pt França.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Franca is the 38155th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 581 individuals. Franca is most common among White (76.59%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.77%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from Catalan surnames from Spanish surnames from Italian surnames from Portuguese
Albanian
Proper noun
sq proper noun form
sq Francë def nom s
Irish
Pronunciation
ga [ˈfˠɾˠaŋkə]
Noun
ga noun form m-p
ga Franc voc p
Mutation
Italian
it:
Etymology
Feminine form of it Franco.
Proper noun
f
it female
Proper noun
mfbysense
it matronymics
Old English
Etymology
From ang gmw-pro *Frankō, from ang gem-pro *frankô. Related to frk *Franko, goh Franko (de Franke), non Frakki (is Frakki), la francus (fro franc).
Pronunciation
Franca
ang ɑn.kɑ 2
Proper noun
Franca m
Frank, Frenchman
ang in the plural the Franks
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCLXXX Hēr Ealdsexe ⁊ Francan ġefuhton. Year 780 In this year the Saxons and French fought.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm... Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.
Declension
Franc
Derived terms
ang Francena rīċe
ang Francland
ang Francrīċe
ang Frenċisċ
Descendants
enm Frank
en Frank
ang Germanic tribes
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
pt municipality s/São Paulo c/Brazil