Franca

[ frahn-kuh ]

/ ˈfrɑ̃ kə /

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noun

a city in Sao Paulo state, SE Brazil.

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How to use Franca in a sentence

There the lingua franca is Cajun French, and folks love to fiddle, dance and most of all, eat.
The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take|Lonely Planet|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Campaign|The Fashion Beast Team|May 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Koch backed the death penalty, wasn't above a little Archie Bunker-ish lingua franca to get his point across.
Ed Koch|Michael Tomasky|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Second, will it continue to be a widely used lingua franca, possibly even increase its influence?
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|March 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Long gone seamen and traders made Italian its lingua franca.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|March 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Having said this, the Moor asked several questions—through the negro, and always in the Lingua Franca.
The Middy and the Moors|R.M. Ballantyne
He spoke in Lingua Franca, which Foster understood pretty well by that time.
The Middy and the Moors|R.M. Ballantyne
In course of time, Arabic replaced the Aramean dialect, and became the lingua franca of the Jews.
Chapters on Jewish Literature|Israel Abrahams
Wobanguli began speaking in sonorous tones, using Malay-Dyak dialect, the lingua franca of the residency.
The Argus Pheasant|John Charles Beecham
The Arabic language has been the lingua franca of the East from the time that it succeeded Greek in the seventh century.
The Oriental Rug|William D. Ellwanger