Franconia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /fɹæŋˈkəʊ̯.nɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /fɹæŋˈkoʊ̯.ni.ə/ (General-American)
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- /fɹæŋˈkoʊ̯.njə/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francō (“Frank”), from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.
Meanings
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A cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.
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...
1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
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Deriveds
Lower Franconia · Upper Franconia · Middle Franconia · Franconian · Franconia Notch · Franconia potatoes
Translations (26)
mr फ्रांकेन (region of Germany) · da Franken (region of Germany) · fi Franken (region of Germany) · cy Ffranconia (region of Germany) · gsw Franke (region of Germany) · pt Francónia (region of Germany) · ga an Fhrancóin (region of Germany) · nl Franken (region of Germany) · cmn 弗蘭肯 /弗兰肯 (region of Germany) · fr Franconie (region of Germany) · mr फ्रँकोनिया (region of Germany) · bar Frankn (region of Germany) · es Franconia (region of Germany) · sv Franken (region of Germany) · ru Франко́ния (region of Germany) · it Franconia (region of Germany) · de Franken (region of Germany) · ar فْرَنْكُونِيَا (region of Germany) · bar Frangn (region of Germany) · ar فْرَانْكُونِيَا (region of Germany) · pt Francônia (region of Germany) · el Φραγκονία (region of Germany) · ka ფრანკონია (region of Germany) · hu Frankföld (region of Germany) · pl Frankonia (region of Germany) · ca Francònia (region of Germany)