Franconia

From Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francus (“Frank”), from Frankish *frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.

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

Franconia

1. (historical) A historical region 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...