Francis
Pronunciation Proper noun
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Pronunciation Proper noun
- A male given name
- ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act V, Scene III:
- Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!
- 1820 Leigh Hunt, Names, The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:
- Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense.
- 2006 Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440, page 454:
- Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.
- ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act V, Scene III:
- (rare) A female given name, Alternative spelling of Frances.
- Surname
- A ghost town in Nebraska.
- A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A town in Utah.
- French: François, Francis
- German: Franz, Franziskus
- Italian: Francesco
- Portuguese: Francisco
- Russian: Франциск
- Spanish: Francisco, Paco
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