Frances
SayFRAN-siz/ˈfɹænsɪz/
- 1Plural of France. Use this when you mean more than one place or thing called France.
The old maps showed two Frances divided by a river.
History remembers two rival Frances from that troubled era.
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- 2A first name for girls and women, matching the boy's name Francis.
- 3A boy's or man's first name, used rarely as another spelling of Francis.
The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost you quite a few Honey Deuces to attend.
2024, Jordan Valinsky, “Ticket prices for the all-American men’s matchup at the US Open are surging”Here, Frances is a man's first name, another spelling of Francis. - 4A small town in the southeast of South Australia, close to the Victoria border.
- 5A tiny community in Johnson County, Indiana, that is not its own official town.
- 6A tiny community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, that is not its own official town.
- 7A tiny community in Pacific County, Washington, that is not its own official town.
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Origin
A woman's name that comes from an old word meaning "Frankish."