Franconian may refer to:
*anything related to
Franconia
Franconia ( ; ; ) is a geographical region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (). Franconia is made up of the three (governmental districts) of Lower Franconia, Lower, Middle Franconia, Middle and Upper Franco ...
(German ''Franken''), a historic region in Germany, now part of Bavaria, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg
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East Franconian German
East Franconian ( ), usually referred to as Franconian (' ) in German, is a dialect spoken in Franconia, the northern part of the federal state of Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Nuremberg, Bamberg, Coburg, Würzburg, Hof, Bayreuth, ...
, a dialect spoken in Franconia
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Franconian languages
Franconian or Frankish is a collective term traditionally used by linguists to refer to many West Germanic languages, some of which are spoken in what formed the historical core area of Francia during the Early Middle Ages.
Linguistically, it ha ...
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Franconian (stage)
The Franconian is the middle stage of the Upper or Late Cambrian in North America, equivalent to the Chinese Changshanian with a span of nearly 4.5 million years, from about 497 to 492.5 Ma. The name comes from the Franconia Formation, about ...
, a stage in North American stratigraphy named for the Franconia Formation, near the town of Franconia in eastern Minnesota
*Franconian notation, mensural musical notation as formulated by
Franco of Cologne
Franco of Cologne (; also Franco of Paris) was a German music theorist and possibly a composer. He was one of the most influential theorists of the Late Middle Ages, and was the first to propose an idea which was to transform musical notation per ...
in the 13th century
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Name of the Franks
The name of the historical peoples called Franks is believed to be derived from the Germanic language spoken by the earliest Franks themselves, although this is uncertain.
What it meant to be a Frank gradually changed over the centuries, not onl ...
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Frankish (disambiguation)
Frankish may refer to:
* Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture
** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages, a group of Low Germanic languages also commonly referred to as "Frankish" varieties
* Francia, a post-Roman ...
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Franks (disambiguation)
Frank, FRANK, or Franks may refer to:
People
* Frank (given name)
* Frank (surname)
* Franks (surname)
* Franks, a Germanic people in late Roman times
* Franks, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crus ...
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