# Francia
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɹænsɪ.ə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈfɹænsi.ə/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Francia. Doublet of France.

#### Alternative forms

* Frankia

#### Proper noun

Francia
* (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
### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Francia
* A female given name.

### Anagrams

* African, acifran

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin Francia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾanθja/
* Rhymes: -anθja
* Syllabification: Fran‧cia

### Proper noun

Francia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin Francia.

### Proper noun

Francia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Francia
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Francia
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /frãˈt͡ʃa/

### Proper noun

Francia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Extremaduran
### Etymology

From Latin Francia.

### Proper noun

Francia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin Francia.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Francia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)

#### Related terms

* francés

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Francia.

### Proper noun

Francia
* France (a country in Western Europe)

### See also

* 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: /ˈfɾan.tsja/

### Proper noun

Francia
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin Francia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfran.t͡ʃa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -antʃa
* Hyphenation: Fràn‧cia

### Proper noun

Francia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)

#### Related terms

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

### See also

* 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

From francus +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfran.ki.a/, [ˈfräŋkiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfran.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈfrän̠ʲt͡ʃiä]

### Proper noun

Francia f sg (genitive Franciae); first declension
* (Late Latin) Frankia (the region inhabited or ruled over by the Franks)
* (New Latin) France (a country in Western Europe)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### 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, france (manuscript form)
*** Middle French: France
**** French: France (see there for further descendants)
**** → Middle English: Fraunce, France
***** English: France (see there for further descendants)
***** Scots: Fraunce
**** → Breton: Frañs
*** Norman: France, Fraunce (continental Normandy)
*** Picard: France
*** Walloon: France
* Rhaeto-Romance
** Romansch: Frantscha, Frontscha, Fràntscha, Frauntscha
* Sardinian: Frantza
* West Iberian
** Extremaduran: Francia
** 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-reform orthography (1918)
*** → Bashkir: Франция (Frantsiya)
*** → Bulgarian: Франция (Francija)
*** → Ingrian: Frantsia
*** → Kazakh: Франция (Fransiä)
*** → 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

### 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
* Alternative form of Franza: France (a country in Western Europe)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Francia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈfɾanθja/ [ˈfɾãn̟.θja]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfɾansja/ [ˈfɾãn.sja]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -anθja
* Rhymes: -ansja
* Syllabification: Fran‧cia

### Proper noun

Francia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)
* 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

* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* afincar

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Francia
* France (a country in Western Europe)