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Franco-American

Franco-American adjective: of, belonging to, or involving both France, and the United States or Canada.

franco-american: of, belonging to, or involving both France, and the United States or Canada
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Adjective

Franco-American (not comparable)

  1. Of, belonging to, or involving both France, and the United States or Canada.

Noun

Franco-American (plural Franco-Americans)

  1. An American citizen or national which identifies himself as having fully or partial French or French-Canadian heritage.

Forms of Franco-American

pluralFranco-Americans

Origin of Franco-American

From Franco- + American.

Questions about Franco-American

What does Franco-American mean?
Franco-American means of, belonging to, or involving both France, and the United States or Canada.
What part of speech is Franco-American?
Franco-American can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Franco-American in the dictionary

  1. Franckian
  2. Franckowiak
  3. Franckowiaks
  4. franco
  5. franco-
  6. Franco-American
  7. Franco-Americans
  8. Franco-Arabic
  9. franco-centric
  10. Franco-Levantine
  11. Franco-Levantines

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