Franconia

See also: Francónia and Francônia

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francus (“Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.

Proper noun

Franconia

1. (geography, historical) A historic region of Germany comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     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...

Derived terms

• Franconian

Translations

region of Germany

• Bavarian: Frankn, Frangn
• Catalan: Francònia f
• French: Franconie (fr) f
• German: Franken (de)

  Alemannic German: Franke

• Hungarian: Frankföld

• Irish: an Fhrancóin f
• Italian: Franconia f
• Portuguese: Francónia f (Portugal), Francônia f (Brazil)
• Spanish: Franconia f
• Swedish: Franken (sv) n