France (a country located primarily in Western Europe) · a female given name · a French surname
eş: Bingue, France métropolitaine, Hexagone, métropole, fille aînée de l’Église, Grande Nation
köken: Inherited from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe. Doublet of Francie.
aile: faire une carte de France, françafricain, Françafrique, français, Français, Marie-France, melon de France, vieille France
France (a country located primarily in Western Europe) · a hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands · a neighborhood of Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
köken: From Middle Dutch Vrankerike. By surface analysis, Frank + rijk. The hamlet in Friesland is named after the country. It may have been originally the name of a field owned by the Frankena family, with the name Frankrijk being applied as a humorous reference to the property. See also Dutch Low Saxon Fraankriek and West Frisian Frankryk. The hamlet in Gelderland is first attested as franckryk in…
France (a country located primarily in Western Europe; official name: República Francesa; capital and largest city: Paris)
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-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”). Doublet of Frância.
France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)
köken: From Middle Low German Frankrīke, from Old Saxon *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of Proto-West Germanic *Frankō (“a Frank”) and *rīkī (“kingdom”). Equivalent to franker (“the Franks”) + rike (“realm”). Compare Danish Frankrig, Dutch Frankrijk, German Frankreich.
France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)
eş: trójkolorowi, gw. (Górny Śląsk) Francyjo
köken: Borrowed from French France, from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Latin Francī, plural of Francus, from Frankish *Frankō, from Proto-Germanic *frankô.