Franconia

See also: Francónia and Francônia

English

From Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francus (“Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.

Franconia

(geography, historical) A historic region of Germany comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
  Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

region of Germany

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