França

See also: franca and Franca

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Francia (country of the Franks).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

França f

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

Occitan

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

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

  1. A surname.

See also

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