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Frankland en · PROPN

Etymology

From Middle English Fronc-lond, from Old English Francland (“Land of the Franks, France”). Cognate with Icelandic Frakkland (“France”). Frank + land.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, historical, uncountable) The land or realm of the Franks.
   • It fell above all on Northern Frankland, and soon the Scheldt, the Meuse, and the Rhine were full of pirate squadrons. 1884, John Richard Green, The conquest of England:
2. (countable, rare, uncountable) France.
3. (countable, uncountable) A surname from Middle English.

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