Franconia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francus (“Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.
Proper noun[edit]
Franconia
- (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:
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Translations[edit]
region of Germany