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Frances (other)
Frances is a given name, the feminine version of Francis. Frances may also refer to: Places * Frances, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Frances, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Frances, Washington, an unincorporated community * Frances, South Australia, a town Ships * ''Frances'' (ship), several ships * USS ''Frances'', two ships of the United States Navy Other uses * Frances (horse), a New Zealand racehorse * ''Frances'' (film), a 1982 film starring Jessica Lange as actress Frances Farmer * Hurricane Frances (other), various cyclones * Frances, the Allied code name for the Japanese Yokosuka P1Y bomber of the Second World War * Frances (musician) (born 1993), English singer and songwriter * Frances (1811 cricketer), first name unknown See also * Francesca, another form of name "Frances" * Francesco Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances
Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis (given name), Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the Franks who were named for the francisca, the axe they used in battle. https://nameberry.com/babyname/frances Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Frances, Countess of Périgord (died 1481) * Frances (musician) (born 1993), British singer and songwriter * Frances Estill Beauchamp (1860-1923), American temperance activist, social reformer, lecturer * Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde (1567–1633), English noblewoman and Irish countess * Frances E. Burns (1866-1937), American social leader and business executive * Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (1590–1632), central figure in a famous scandal and murder * Frances Lewis Brackett Damon (1857–1939), American poet, writer * Frances David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances, Indiana
Frances is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma .... According to one source, Frances was the name of wife of a railroad man. References Unincorporated communities in Johnson County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{JohnsonCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances, Kentucky
Frances is an unincorporated community within Crittenden County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ..., United States. It has an elevation of 548 feet. Frances was also called Needmore. References Unincorporated communities in Crittenden County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{CrittendenCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances, Washington
Frances is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington, United States. Frances is located along State Route 6 Route 6, or Highway 6, may refer to routes in the following countries: International * Asian Highway 6 * European route E6 * European route E006 Albania * National Road SH6 Argentina * Buenos Aires Provincial Route 6 Australia New ... east of the community of Lebam. Frances and surrounding areas are part of an area heavily affected by the logging industry. References Unincorporated communities in Pacific County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{PacificCountyWA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances, South Australia
Frances is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located about south-east of the state capital, Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat of Naracoorte in the state's Limestone Coast region and adjoining the border with the State of Victoria. Frances began as a government town first surveyed in July 1871 and then resurveyed in January. Its name is reported as being derived from the name of the wife of "Mr Henry Jones of Binnum Station." Boundaries of the locality were created in April 2001. For much of its history, Frances was a railway town on the Mount Gambier railway line, which runs from Wolseley in the north to Mount Gambier in the south. A State Road, Frances Road, runs from Bordertown through Frances to Hynam. Despite the closure of the railway on 12 April 1995, Frances continues to be a receiving point for grain, with several silos. It set a record for the most grain received at Frances in the season on 10 January 2017, by which time it had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances (ship)
A number of sailing ships have been named ''Frances'': * (or ''Francis'') was built in India or the East Indies circa 1795, possibly under another name, and entered British records in 1803. Between 1803 and 1807 she made three voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. After the end of British participation in the slave trade in 1807, ''Frances'' started trading with Spain and the West Indies. She was wrecked in January 1809. * ''Frances'', a 368-ton (bm) whaler built in 1824. * ''Frances'', a schooner wrecked in 1837. * , a cutter built in 1839, that was wrecked in 1840 upon Neptune Island, South Australia. * ''Frances'', a 332-ton sailing ship, that transported passengers from Liverpool to Melbourne in 1841. * , a sailing ship that carried one convict to Western Australia from Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Frances
USS ''Frances'' may refer to more than one United States Navy ship: *, a sloop in commission from 1813 to 1814 *, a motorboat in non-commissioned service from 1917 to 1918 {{ship index, Frances, USS Frances, USS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances (horse)
Frances was a New Zealand thoroughbred racemare foaled in 1942 by Bulandshar (GB) out of Trivet (NZ). She won a number of major races including the 1948 Auckland Cup. Big race wins * 1948 Auckland Cup See also * Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand The racing of Thoroughbred horses (or gallopers, as they are also known) is a popular gaming and spectator sport and industry in New Zealand. History Thoroughbred horse racing commenced soon after European settlement. The first totalisator mac ... 1942 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 27 Racehorses bred in New Zealand Racehorses trained in New Zealand Auckland Cup winners {{NewZealand-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances (film)
''Frances'' is a 1982 American biographical drama film directed by Graeme Clifford from a screenplay written by Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, and Nicholas Kazan. The film stars Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer, a troubled actress during the 1930s whose career suffered as a result of her mental illness. It also features Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Christopher Pennock, Jonathan Banks, and Jeffrey DeMunn in supporting roles. The film chronicles Farmer's life from her days as a high school student, her turbulent relationship with her emotionally abusive mother, her short lived film career in the 1930s, her institutionalization for alleged mental illness in the 1940s, her deinstitutionalization in the 1950s and her appearance on '' This Is Your Life''. ''Frances'' was released theatrically on December 3, 1982 by Universal Pictures. Lange's performance was unanimously praised and has been cited by many (including her) as her best performance. At the 55th Academy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Frances (other)
The name Frances has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean and for one in the Australian region. Atlantic Ocean * Hurricane Frances (1961): Caused flooding in Puerto Rico, peaked at Category 4 west of Bermuda, subtropical at Nova Scotia * Tropical Storm Frances (1968): Travelled across the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land * Hurricane Frances (1976): Curved over the central Atlantic, affected the Azores as an extratropical storm * Hurricane Frances (1980): Travelled up the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land * Hurricane Frances (1986): Briefly drifted over the western Atlantic but never affected land * Hurricane Frances (1992): Threatened Bermuda but did not strike the island, then hit Spain as an extratropical storm * Tropical Storm Frances (1998): A weak storm that caused flooding in East Texas and southern Louisiana * Hurricane Frances (2004): A powerful Category 4 hurricane that struck the Bahamas, and later, as a Category& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokosuka P1Y
The Yokosuka P1Y ''Ginga'' (銀河, "Galaxy") was a twin-engine, land-based bomber developed for the Japanese Imperial Navy in World War II. It was the successor to the Mitsubishi G4M and given the World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft, Allied reporting name "Frances". Design and development The P1Y was designed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal to Navy specification 15-''Shi'', calling for a fast bomber with speed matching the A6M Zero, Zero, range matching the G4M, a 907 kg (2,000 lb) bombload, and the ability to Dive bomber, dive-bomb as well as carry torpedoes. As the result, the construction suffered from excess complexity, difficulty of manufacture, and poor serviceability. Problems with the availability of enough reliable Nakajima Homare, Nakajima ''Homare'' engines led to their replacement by the Mitsubishi Kasei, Mitsubishi ''Kasei'' in the P1Y2-S night-fighter version. The streamlined design of the ''Ginga'' is attributed to Miki Tadanao, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances (musician)
Sophie Frances Cooke (born 27 June 1993), known mononymously as Frances, is a British singer and songwriter from Newbury, Berkshire, England. Early life Born in Oxford, she grew up in Newbury and attended St Gabriel's School in nearby Sandleford. She later studied music at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Career In August 2014, she was the featured artist for the track "Fire May Save You" for the French music label Kitsuné. The single was released as part of an EP, which contained remixes of the same track. In July 2015, she released the EP ''Grow'' for Communion Records. In October 2015, she released the EP ''Let It Out''. In November 2015, she was shortlisted for the 2016 BRIT Awards: Critics' Choice Award. In December 2015, she was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016. In 2016, she portrayed Katter the Butterfly singing "In My Life" in ''Beat Bugs ''Beat Bugs'' is an animated children's television series, created by Josh Wakely, and produced for Netflix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
