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
El Franco is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by the Cantabrian Sea, and to the west by Tapia de Casariego, to the south by Castropol and Boal, and to the east by Coaña. El F ...
, 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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