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Franconian

/fɹæŋˈkəʊ.nɪ.ən/ UK
/fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ US
/fɹæŋˈkoʊ.njən/ US

Rhymes with -əʊniən

adjective

not comparable Of or relating to Franconia (region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants.
not comparable Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below). 107. THE LOW FRANCONIAN.—This was spoken on the lower Rhine. The oldest monument in it is the so-called Malberg (i.e. mahal-berg 'mount of justice') Gloss, i.e. Franconian vocables entered as glosses into the Salic Code of Law written in Latin.

noun Franconians

A native or inhabitant of Franconia.

proper noun

A marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish empire: Low Countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), central-western Germany, and Franconia.
An age from 496.8 to 492.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.

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adj of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants

Español	francón
Français	franconien
Deutsch	fränkisch
Italiano	francone

noun native or inhabitant of to Franconia

Français	Franconien
Deutsch	Franke, Fränkin
Italiano	Francone

name Translations

Français	franconien
Deutsch	Fränkisch
Italiano	francone

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@misc{franconian_2026,
  title = {Franconian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/franconian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}