França
See also: franca and Franca
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Francia (“country of the Franks”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfɾan.sə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfɾan.sa/
Proper noun
França f
- France
Related terms
- francès (“French, Frenchman”), (Valencian) francés (“French, Frenchman”)
Occitan
Proper noun
França f
- 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
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: Fran‧ça
Proper noun
França f
- 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
- A surname.
See also
- Paris