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Francisco Franco Bahamonde [f] [g] (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming ...
Hernando Franco, Spanish composer; James Franco, Dave Franco, and Tom Franco, American actors; Jesús Franco and Ricardo Franco, Spanish directors and brothers; José Franco (poet), Panamanian poet; Larry J. Franco, American film producer; Pippo Franco, Italian actor, comedian, television presenter and singer; Tony DeFranco, Canadian musician
Coiria a Deas (Scots Gaelic), Corea del Sud (Italian), Corea del Sur (Spanish), Coreea de Sud (Romanian), Corée du Sud (French), Coreia do Sul (Portuguese), Coréia do Sul (Brazilian Portuguese), Corea Meridionalis (Latin), Dakṣiṇa Koriyā - दक्षिण कोरिया (Hindi, Sanskrit), De Corea (Welsh), Dél-Korea (Hungarian ...
It is the Spanish form of the name Oswald. In Spain, common nicknames are Val or Valdo. 60. Reyes. Reyes is a common last name in Spain, but it is also used as a first name meaning "king" or ...
Franco (General Hospital), a fictional character on the American soap opera General Hospital; Franco, the Luccan franc, a 19th-century currency of Lucca, Italy; Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera, a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola; Franco, ese hombre, a 1964 documentary film by Spanish director José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Some Basque names without a definable meaning in Spanish are unique to the Basque language, for instance, Eneko, Garikoitz, Urtzi. After Franco's death and the restoration of democracy in Spain, many Basque adults changed their Spanish names to their Basque equivalents, e.g. from Miguel to Mikel.
The first Francoism (1939–1959) was the first stage in the history of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship, between the end of the Spanish Civil War and the abandonment of the autarkic economic policy with the application of the Stabilization Plan of 1959, which gave way to the developmentalist Francoism or second Francoism, which lasted until the death of the Generalissimo.
Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order (ignoring accents) by name and by language. Historical and/or alternative versions, where included, are noted as such. Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents are also listed.