França
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Francia (“country of the Franks”).
Occitan
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese França (“France”), from Late Latin Francia (“France”), from Latin Francī (“the Franks”), the nominative plural of Francus, from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).
Usage notes
França belongs to a small group of place names (along with Espanha, Inglaterra and Itália) which can be used without the definite article when governed by a preposition: Viveu muito tempo em França.
See also
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