França

== Catalan == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Francia (“country of the Franks”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾan.sə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾan.sa] Rhymes: -ansa === Proper noun === França f France (a country located primarily in Western Europe) ==== Related terms ==== Alts de França francès (“French, Frenchman”), (Valencian) francés (“French, Frenchman”) Illa de França == Occitan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin Francia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɾanso/ === Proper noun === França f France (a country located primarily in Western Europe) == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin Francia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɾant͡sa/ === Proper noun === França France (a country located primarily in Western Europe) ==== Related terms ==== franco frances ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: França === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "França" == Portuguese == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ Hyphenation: Fran‧ça === Proper noun === França f (plural Franças) France (a country located primarily in Western Europe; official name: República Francesa; capital and largest city: Paris) ==== 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. ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Proper noun === França m or f by sense a surname