Franca
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Catalan, Italian and Spanish Franca or, alternatively, from Portuguese França.
Proper noun edit
Franca (plural Francas)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Franca is the 38155th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 581 individuals. Franca is most common among White (76.59%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.77%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Franca”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 596.
Albanian edit
Proper noun edit
Franca
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Franca m pl
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Franca | Fhranca | bhFranca |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Feminine form of Franco.
Proper noun edit
Franca f
- a female given name
Proper noun edit
Franca m or f by sense
- a surname originating as a matronymic
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *frankō, from Proto-Germanic *frankô. Related to Frankish *Franko, Old High German Franko (German Franke), Old Norse Frakki (Icelandic Frakki), Latin francus (Old French franc).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Franca m
Declension edit
Declension of Franca (weak)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Franca
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil