Franconia

Franconia

See also: Francónia and Francônia

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francus (“Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.

Proper noun

Franconia

1. (geography, historical) A historic region of Germany comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

Derived terms

• Franconian

Translations

region of Germany

Bavarian: Frankn, Frangn Catalan: Francònia f French: Franconie (fr) f German: Franken (de) Alemannic German: Franke Hungarian: Frankföld

Irish: an Fhrancóin f Italian: Franconia f Portuguese: Francónia f (Portugal), Francônia f (Brazil) Spanish: Franconia f Swedish: Franken (sv) n