Franco Explained

Franco may refer to:

Name

• 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

• 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

• El Franco, a municipality of Asturias in Spain
• Presidente Franco District, in Paraguay
• Franco, Virginia, an unincorporated community, in the United States

Other uses

• 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

• Gianfranco
• Francis (given name)
• Franko (disambiguation)
  • • Duke of Franco, a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility