Francesca

American  

[fran-ches-kuh, frahn-, frahn-che-skah] / frænˈtʃɛs kə, frɑn-, frɑnˈtʃɛ skɑ /

noun

1. Piero della Piero dei Franceschi, c1420–92, Italian painter.

2. Also Francisca a female given name, form of Frances.

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Francesca British  

/ franˈtʃeska /

noun

1. See Piero della Francesca

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Example Sentences

This came to me again on my first viewing of “The Resurrection,” a large painting by Piero della Francesca hanging in the Town Hall of Borgo Sansepolcro, Italy, a town close to Arezzo, the home of his famous frescoes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those victims included Ukrainian war refugee Anna Bilonozhenko and Manchester Arena bombing survivor Francesca Massey, who surely thought they had experienced more than their share of trauma before 26 May.

From BBC

BT Group boss Allison Kirkby, Revolut chief executive Francesca Carlesi and Dr Hayaatun Sillem, chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering, are among its 15 founding members.

From BBC

Francesca Di Giuseppi, principal scientist at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, was in Reading over the Christmas period in 2010 and remembers having snowball fights with the friends she lived with.

From BBC

Scientist Francesca Di Giuseppi said she had found the snow "actually quite magical"

From BBC