franco

nounnouncommon in dialogue

The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.

noun

1
historicalA former currency of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy, issued between 1805 and 1808.
2
The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.

Etymology

From Italian franco (“French”). Doublet of franc and frank.

noun

1
Variant of FrancoAlternative letter-case form of Franco (“French person”).
The anglos have seen the whole of the country, and the continent, as hospitable, while the francos have over a long period come to view Quebec as their real homeland.
Something similar had occurred in Canada, where first of all the sector is divided between anglos and francos; […]
“Language is always an issue in Quebec and here’s a play that both anglos and francos will have a language problem with,” Ackerman says.

Etymology

From Franco-.

Forms

plural: francos

Francine · A female given name from French.Francis · A male given name from Latin.Francisco · A moon in Uranus, Solar System.

franco · The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.

Franco · A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to…Francois · A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.François · A male given name from French, equivalent to English Francis.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.