Franconia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francō (“Frank”), from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹæŋˈkəʊ.nɪ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ə/, /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.njə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊniə
• Hyphenation: Fran‧co‧ni‧a, Fran‧con‧ia

Franconia

2. A cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

From Francō (“Frank”)

Franconia f sg (genitive Franconiae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. Franconia (region of modern Germany)