França

See also: franca and Franca

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Francia (“country of the Franks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾan.sa]

Proper noun

França f

1. France

Related terms

• francès (“French, Frenchman”), (Valencian) francés (“French, Frenchman”)

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Occitan

Proper noun

França f

1. France

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Portuguese

bandeira da França

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese França (“France”), from Late Latin Francia (“France”), from Latin Francī (“the Franks”), the nominative plural of Francus, from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: Fran‧ça

Proper noun

França f

1. France (a country in western Europe)

Usage notes

França belongs to a small group of place names (along with Espanha, Inglaterra and Itália) which can be used without the definite article when governed by a preposition: Viveu muito tempo em França.

Proper noun

França m or f

1. a surname

See also

• Paris