name
Francisca
name
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A female given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin].
"Friends here of Miss Francisca Howland have received invitations to her marriage to William Johnston Coke Jr., which will take place on April 27, and the reception at the Biltmore Forest Country Club at Asheville, N. C."
— (1935)
"Miss Margaret Gregg was maid of honor for her sister, whose other attendants were the Misses Laurie Gregg, another sister; Louise Grant, a cousin; Francisca Brackenridge, Lisa Canby and Abigail Rickert, Mrs. Christopher Ward and Mrs. John Sinwell."
— (1961)
"It [the Migration Division] was headed on an interim basis by Miss Francisca Bou while the Governor and Mrs. Julia Rivera Vicenti, Secretary of Labor, studied conflicting claims as to its effectiveness."
— (1970)
"He is survived by his widow, the former Francisca Bolles."
— (1971)
noun
1
A throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks.
Word Forms
franciscas plural
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Etymology
From Portuguese and Spanish Francisca, from Latin Francisca. Doublet of Frances.