Francia

See also: francia

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹænsɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹænsiə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Francia. Doublet of France.

Francia

Alternative forms

• Frankia

Proper noun

Francia

1. (historical) A former kingdom inhabited by the Franks, spreading over modern-day France (except Brittany and Corsica), the Low Countries, large parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Northern Italy.
2. (rare) Alternative spelling of Frankia (Franconia).

Synonyms

• Frankland
• Frankish Empire
• Kingdom of the Franks

Meronyms

• East Francia
• West Francia

Related terms

• Frankish

Translations

kingdom

• French: Francie (fr) f
• Lithuanian: Frankų valstybė f

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Francia

1. A female given name

Anagrams

• African, acifran

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin Francia.

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Francia

1. France (a country in Europe)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Francia

1. France (a country in Europe)

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frãˈt͡ʃa/

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France

Extremaduran

Etymology

From Latin Francia.

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Francia f

1. France

Related terms

• francés

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Francia.

Proper noun

Francia

1. France

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾan.tsja/

Proper noun

Francia

1. France

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfran.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Hyphenation: Fràn‧cia

• (file)

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France

Related terms

Related terms

• affrancare
• francamente
• Francesco, Francesca
• francese
• franceseggiare
• francesismo
• francesista
• francio
• franco
• francobollo
• francofilia
• francofilo
• francofobia
• francofobo
• francofonia
• francofono

See also

• (countries of Europe) paesi d'Europa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cechia, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazakistan, Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia del Nord, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Regno Unito, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria ^{(Category: it:Countries in Europe)}

Latin

Etymology

From Francī (“the Franks”), the nominative plural of Francus, from Frankish *frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preng- (“pole, stalk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfran.ki.a/, [ˈfräŋkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfran.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈfrän̠ʲt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Francia f sg (genitive Franciae); first declension

1. The region inhabited by the Franks, Francia
2. (New Latin) France (a country in Western Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Francia
Genitive	Franciae
Dative	Franciae
Accusative	Franciam
Ablative	Franciā
Vocative	Francia

Related terms

• francus, Francus
• francicus, Francicus

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: Francia
  • Italian: Francia
  • Neapolitan: Franza
  • Sicilian: Francia
• Old Occitan: Fransa
  • Catalan: França
  • Occitan: França
• Old French: France, france
  • Middle French: France
    • French: France (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle English: Fraunce, France
      • English: France (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: Fraunce
    • → Breton: Frañs
  • Norman: France, Fraunce
  • Picard: France
  • Walloon: France
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romansch: Frantscha, Frontscha, Fràntscha, Frauntscha
• Sardinian: Frantza
• West Iberian
  • Extremaduran: Francia
  • Navarro-Aragonese:
    • Aragonese: Franzia
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: Francia
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: França
    • Portuguese: França
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: Francia (see there for further descendants)
• → Armenian: Ֆրանսիա (Fransia)
• → Basque: Frantzia
• → English: Francia
• → French: Francie
• → Middle Irish: Frainc
  • Irish: An Fhrainc
  • Manx: Yn Rank
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Fhraing
• → Maltese: Franza
• → Polish: Francja
  • → Belarusian: Фра́нцыя (Fráncyja)
  • → Russian: Фра́нция (Fráncija), Фра́нція (Fráncija)
    • → Bashkir: Франция (Frantseya)
    • → Bulgarian: Франция (Francija)
    • → Ingrian: Frantsia
    • → Kazakh: Франция (Fransiä)
    • → Kyrgyz: Франция (Frantsiya)
    • → Macedonian: Франција (Francija)
    • ⇒ Mongolian: Франц (Franc), франц (franc)
    • → Slovene: Francija
    • → Tatar: Франция (Frantsiya)
    • → Turkmen: Fransiýa
    • → Uyghur: فرانسىيە‎ (fransiye)
    • → Uzbek: Fransiya
  • → Ukrainian: Фра́нція (Fráncija)
• → Welsh: Ffrainc

References

• “Francia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sicilian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Francia.

Proper noun

Francia

1. Alternative form of Franza

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈfɾanθja/ [ˈfɾãn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈfɾansja/ [ˈfɾãn.sja]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -anθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansja
• Syllabification: Fran‧cia

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France (a country in Europe)
2. the letter F in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• Tour de Francia

 

Related terms

Related terms

• francés/francesa (“French”)
• francio (“francium”)
• Franco (“Frank”)
• francoespañol
• francófilo (“francophile”)
• francófobo
• francofinía
• franchute

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Pransiya

Further reading

• “Francia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• afincar

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Francia

1. Francia (a country in Europe)