Franconian

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Etymology

From Franconia +‎ -an.

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Adjective

Franconian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Franconia (region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants.
  2. Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below).
    • 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 68 ():
      107. THE LOW FRANCONIAN.—This was spoken on the lower Rhine. The oldest monument in it is the so-called Malberg (i.e. mahal-berg 'mount of justice') Gloss, i.e. Franconian vocables entered as glosses into the Salic Code of Law written in Latin.

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Noun

Franconian (plural Franconians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Franconia.

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Proper noun

Franconian

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  1. (linguistics) A marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish empire: Low Countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), central-western Germany, and Franconia.

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