França

See also: franca and Franca

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfɾan.sə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfɾan.sa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ansa

Proper noun

França f

  1. France
  • francès (“French, Frenchman”), (Valencian) francés (“French, Frenchman”)

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾanso/

Proper noun

França f

  1. France

Portuguese

bandeira da França

Etymology

From Old 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/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
  • 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 by sense

  1. a surname

See also

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