Franco
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Franco may refer to:
Name
[edit]- Franco (name)
- Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975
- Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître"
- Franco of Cologne (mid to late 13th century), German music theorist
Prefix
[edit]- Franco, a prefix used when referring to France, a country
- Franco, a prefix used when referring to French people and their diaspora, e.g. Franco-Americans, Franco-Mauritians
- Franco, a prefix used when referring to Franks, a West Germanic tribe
Places
[edit]- El Franco, a municipality of Asturias in Spain
- Presidente Franco District, in Paraguay
- Franco, Virginia, an unincorporated community, in the United States
Other uses
[edit]- Franco (band), Filipino band
- 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
- "Franco" or "Franco-Arabic", the Arabic chat alphabet
See also
[edit]- Gianfranco
- Francis (given name)
- Franko (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Franco
- All pages with titles containing Franco
- Duke of Franco, a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility