Francia

See also: francia

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɑːn.sɪ.ə/, /ˈfɹæn.sɪ.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæn.si.ə/
• Hyphenation: Fran‧ci‧a

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, in Western Europe, spreading over modern-day France (except Brittany and Corsica), the Low Countries, large parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Northern Italy.

   Synonyms: Frankland, Frankish Empire, Kingdom of the Franks

   Meronyms: East Francia, West Francia

Derived terms

• East Francia
• Francian
• Middle Francia
• West Francia

Related terms

• Frankish

Translations

kingdom

• French: Francie (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრანკია (pranḳia), ფრანკთა სახელმწიფო (pranḳta saxelmc̣ipo)
• Greek: Φραγκία f (Fragkía)
• Hindi: फ़्रांसिया f (frānsiyā), फ़्रान्सिया f (frānsiyā)
• Lithuanian: Frankų valstybė f
• Marathi: फ्रांसिया n (phrāusiyā)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Francia

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• African, acifran

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾanθja/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾansja/ (Benasquese)
• Rhymes: -anθja
• Rhymes: -ansja (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: Fran‧cia

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin Francia.

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Francia

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Francia

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frãˈt͡ʃa/

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Extremaduran

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *frankô

Frankish *Frankōbor.

Latin francus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Francia

Extremaduran Francia

Inherited from Latin Francia.

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *frankô

Frankish *Frankōbor.

Latin francus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Franciader.

Galician Francia

Derived from Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Francia f

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Related terms

• francés

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Francia.

Proper noun

Francia

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

See also

countries in Europe: landi di Europa (appendix)edit

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

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾan.tsja/

Proper noun

Francia

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfran.t͡ʃa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Hyphenation: Fràn‧cia

Proper noun

Francia f

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Related terms

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

See also

countries in Europe: paesi d'Europa (appendix)edit

• 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
• Kosovo ~ Kossovo ~ Cossovo
• Lettonia
• Liechtenstein
• Lituania
• Lussemburgo
• Macedonia del Nord
• Malta
• Moldavia
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Norvegia
• Paesi Bassi
• Polonia
• Portogallo
• Regno Unito
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovacchia
• Slovenia
• Spagna
• Svezia
• Svizzera
• Turchia
• Ucraina
• Ungheria

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *frankô

Frankish *Frankōbor.

Latin francus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Francia

From francus + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfraŋ.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfran̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.a]

Proper noun

Francia f sg (genitive Franciae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) Frankia (the region inhabited or ruled over by the Franks)
2. (New Latin) France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	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
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: França
  • Franco-Provençal: France
  • Occitan: França
  • Old French: France, Fraunce (Anglo-Norman), france (manuscript form)
    • Middle French: France
      • French: France (see there for further descendants)
      • → Breton: Frañs
    • Norman: France, Fraunce (continental)
    • Picard: France
    • Walloon: France
    • → Middle English: Fraunce
      • English: France (see there for further descendants)
      • Middle Scots: France, Frans, Franse, Fraunce
        • Scots: France
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romansh: Frantscha, Frontscha, Fràntscha, Frauntscha
• Sardinian: Frantza
• West Iberian
  • Extremaduran: Francia
  • Old 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) — pre-1918 spelling
    • → Bashkir: Франция (Frantsiya)
    • → Bulgarian: Франция (Francija)
    • → Ingrian: Frantsia
    • → Kazakh: Франция (Francıya)
    • → Kyrgyz: Франция (Frantsiya)
    • → Macedonian: Франција (Francija)
    • ⇒ Mongolian: Франц (Franc), франц (franc)
    • → Slovene: Francija
    • → Tatar: Франция (Frantsiyä)
    • → Turkmen: Fransiýa
    • → Uyghur: فرانسىيە (fransiye)
    • → Uzbek: Fransiya
  • → Ukrainian: Фра́нція (Fráncija)
• → Welsh: Ffrainc
• → Arabic: فَرَنْسَا (faransā)
• → Classical Persian: فَرَانْسَه (farānsa)
  • → Pashto: فرانسه (farānsa)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فرانسه (firansa)
    • Turkish: Fransa
    • → Laz: ჶრანსა (fransa)
    • → Armenian: Ֆրանսա (Fransa) — Western Armenian
  • → Azerbaijani: Fəransə, Fransa

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: France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *frankô

Frankish *Frankōbor.

Latin francus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Francialbor.

Spanish Francia

Learned borrowing from Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -anθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Fran‧cia

Proper noun

Francia f

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

Derived terms

• Tour de Francia

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Pransiya
• →⇒ Ye'kwana: Judansianña

See also

countries in Europe: países de Europa (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Alemania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaiyán
• Bélgica
• Bielorrusia
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Chipre
• Ciudad del Vaticano
• Croacia
• Dinamarca
• Eslovaquia
• Eslovenia
• España
• Estonia
• Finlandia
• Francia
• Georgia
• Grecia
• Hungría
• Irlanda
• Islandia
• Italia
• Kazajistán
• Kosovo
• Letonia
• Liechtenstein
• Lituania
• Luxemburgo
• Macedonia del Norte
• Malta
• Moldavia
• Mónaco
• Montenegro
• Noruega
• Países Bajos
• Polonia
• Portugal
• Reino Unido
• República Checa
• Rumania
• Rusia
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Suecia
• Suiza
• Turquía
• Ucrania

Further reading

• “Francia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• afincar

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Francia

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)