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Francesc, Francesco, and Francis, and Frances. Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'the Frenchman' [3] It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived from the same source as the female name Frances, [4][5 ...
Francis (given name) Francis is an English, French, German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name of Latin origin. Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. A feminine version of the name in English is Frances, or (less commonly) Francine. [4] (.
Francisca is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: Francisca Ballesteros (born 1969), Spanish serial killer. Maria Francisca Bia (1809-1889), Dutch dancer, singer, and actress. Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria (1640-1706), first female governor of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Francisca Duarte (1595–1640), Portuguese singer.
Anglicisation of names. The anglicisation of personal names is the change of non-English-language personal names to spellings nearer English sounds, or substitution of equivalent or similar English personal names in the place of non-English personal names.
The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.
British and other Commonwealth English use the ending -logue while American English commonly uses the ending -log for words like analog (ue), catalog (ue), dialog (ue), homolog (ue), etc., etymologically derived from Greek -λόγος -logos ("one who speaks (in a certain manner)").
The second-youngest of his eight children, Francesca is an older sister to 27-year-old Morgan, whom the actor shares with ex-wife Dina Eastwood. Clint also shares two children, Kathryn Ann, 36 ...
French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.