Franco may refer to:
Name
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Franco (name)
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Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975
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Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître"
Prefix
* Franco, a prefix used when referring to
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
, a country
* Franco, a prefix used when referring to
French people
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.
The French people, especially the na ...
and their diaspora, e.g.
Franco-Americans
French Americans or Franco-Americans (french: Franco-Américains), are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French-Canadian heritage, ethnicity and/or ancestral ties. They ...
,
Franco-Mauritians
Franco-Mauritians are an ethnic group from Mauritius who trace their ethnic ancestry to France and ethnic French people. Franco-Mauritians make up approximately 2% of the country's population.
Origins
The first French settlers arrived in Maurit ...
* Franco, a prefix used when referring to
Franks
The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, ...
, a West Germanic tribe
Places
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El Franco, a municipality of Asturias in Spain
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Presidente Franco District, in Paraguay
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Franco, Virginia, an unincorporated community, in the United States
Other uses
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Franco (band), Filipino band
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Franco (''General Hospital''), a fictional character on the American soap opera ''General Hospital''
* Franco, the
Luccan franc, a 19th-century currency of Lucca, Italy
* ''
Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera'', a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola
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Franco, ese hombre'', a 1964 documentary film by Spanish director José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
* Franco-Arabic, the
Arabic chat alphabet
See also
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Gianfranco
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Francis (given name)
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Franko (disambiguation)
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Duke of Franco, a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility
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