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In some senses, franco is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
franco
noun 4name 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
blue, considered
VERB + FRANCO
like, miss, question
FRANCO + NOUN
benito, jeans, mussolini, regime
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A former currency of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy, issued between 1805 and 1808.
2
The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.
noun
1
Alternative 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; […]
name
1
A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Frank or Francis.
2
A surname from Spanish.
3
A surname from Spanish.
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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.
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Something similar had occurred in Canada, where first of all the sector is divided between anglos and francos; […]
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“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.
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Other Franco-American journalists didn’t see it his way, notably the editor of the Jean-Baptiste a newspaper in Northampton, Massachusetts. A journalistic debate began on the merits of repatriation, s
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As will be demonstrated, it provided very good analytical material for reflection on the relationships between Anglos and Francos in Quebec. […] Firstly, the Francos of Quebec are perceived as being i
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Because of my earlier interest in ethnic relations in New England—e.g. the Anglos and Francos in New Hampshire and Maine (Khleif 1973)—and my familiarity with British community studies, I became inter
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