Franca
[frahn-kuh]
- a city in Sao Paulo state, SE Brazil.
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Examples from the Web for franca
Contemporary Examples
Attendees included members of Italian fashion royalty, such as Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani.
Christy Turlington Returns to Calvin Klein; H&M's Plus-Size CampaignThe Fashion Beast Team
May 15, 2013
Franca Sozzani, editor of Italian Vogue, also expressed sympathy.
In the 1980s, Baron and Franca Sozzani turned Italian Vogue into a laboratory for edgy, experimental photography.
Historical Examples
Bowse repeated the question, in the lingua Franca of those seas.
The Pirate of the MediterraneanW.H.G. Kingston
Hastily opening it, the following lines, written in the lingua Franca so common in the Levant, were visible.
Angla, franca, germana do not take "j" because each refers to only one language, while malfacilaj refers to all those mentioned.
The Esperanto TeacherHelen Fryer
He could speak their tongue and he knew the sign language which was the lingua Franca of the western tribes.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
His voice, too, had a peculiarly disagreeable tone, as in the lingua Franca of the Maltese mendicants he begged for alms.
The Pirate of the MediterraneanW.H.G. Kingston