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Francis

masc. proper name, from French François, from Old French Franceis "noble, free," as a noun "a Frenchman, inhabitant of Ile-de-France; the French language," from Late Latin Franciscus, literally "Frankish;" cognate with French and frank (adj.).

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Francis, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 332
Housing Units (2000): 155
Land area (2000): 0.585408 sq. miles (1.516199 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.585408 sq. miles (1.516199 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27650
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.873148 N, 96.591552 W
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Francis, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 698
Housing Units (2000): 233
Land area (2000): 1.788604 sq. miles (4.632463 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.788604 sq. miles (4.632463 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26940
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 40.614485 N, 111.278927 W
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FRANCIS

FRANCIS is an academic bibliographic database maintained by INIST. FRANCIS covers the core academic literature in the humanities and social sciences with special emphasis on European literature.

Francis (footballer)

Francisco Jesús Pérez Malia (born 17 December 1981), commonly known as Francis, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Racing de Santander mainly as a right back.

Francis (1950 film)

Francis is a 1950 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International that launched the Francis the Talking Mule film series. Francis is produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Arthur Lubin, and stars Donald O'Connor. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills.

Six Francis sequels from Universal-International followed this first effort.

During World War II, an American Army junior officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.

Francis (electoral district)

Francis is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Francis, Saskatchewan. This district was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908. The riding was dissolved and combined with the Milestone and Qu'Appelle-Wolseley districts before the 9th Saskatchewan general election in 1938. It is now part of the constituency of Indian Head-Milestone.

Francis (Hampshire cricketer)

Francis (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire county cricket teams organised by the Hambledon Club. Possibly related to Richard Francis, he played in one first-class match against Kent in 1775.

Francis (band)

Francis is a Swedish folk quintet formed in Mora, Sweden in 2006 and currently based in Falun. The band consists of vocalist Petra Mases, drummer Petter Nygårdh, guitarist Jerker Krumlinde, bassist Paulina Mellkvist and keyboardist Oskar Bond. The band was originally conceived as a punk interpretation of American folk music. Francis has gained a following in the DIY community of Sweden as well as in the other Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands, where they performed at the Fabriq Festival in 2012.

Francis (surname)

Francis is a French and English surname of Latin origin. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alun Francis (born 1943), Welsh conductor
  • Anne Francis (1930-2011), was an American actress
  • Arlene Francis (1907-2001), American actress
  • Barrington Francis, Jamaican/Canadian boxer of the 1980s and '90s
  • Black Francis (born 1965), American Musician
  • Clare Francis (born 1946), British author
  • Connie Francis (born 1938), American pop singer
  • David Rowland Francis (1850–1927), American politician, Mayor of Saint Louis, Governor of Missouri, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
  • Damien Francis, (born 1979), English-born Jamaican footballer
  • Danusia Francis, (born 1994), British gymnast
  • Dick Francis (1920-2010), British jockey-turned-novelist
  • Eddie Francis, (born 1974), Canadian politician
  • Freddie Francis (1917-2007), English cinematographer and film director
  • Jane Francis, Winner of Polar Medal, 2002
  • Genie Francis (born 1962), Actress
  • Gerry Francis (born 1951), English footballer and manager
  • James Francis (1819-1884), Australian colonial politician
  • Jeff Francis, Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Joseph Francis (disambiguation), several people named Joe or Joseph Francis
  • Kay Francis (1905-1968), American actress
  • Kevin Francis (disambiguation), several people named Kevin Francis
  • K. T. Francis (1939–2013), Sri Lankan cricket umpire
  • Leigh Francis (born 1974), British comedian
  • Mark Francis (disambiguation)
  • Melissa Francis (born 1972), American television journalist and former child actress
  • Michael Kpakala Francis (1936–2013), Liberian Roman Catholic archbishop
  • Norman Francis (born 1931), President of Xavier University of Louisiana
  • Ranganathan Francis (born 1920), Indian hockey player
  • Robert Francis (barrister) (born 1950), British barrister specialising in medical law
  • Ron Francis (born 1963), Canadian professional ice hockey centerman
  • Roy Francis, British rugby league footballer and coach
  • Sage Francis (born 1977), hip-hop artist
  • Sam Francis, (1923-1994), American painter and printmaker
  • Sam Francis, American football player
  • Samuel Kensinger Francis, Fitness trainer
  • Samuel T. Francis (1947–2005), American columnist
  • Steve Francis (born 1977), American professional basketball player
  • Thomas Francis, Jr. (1900-1969), American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist
  • Trevor Francis (born 1954), English footballer

Usage examples of "francis".

Shall I ever forget that rainy day in Lyons, that dingy bookshop, where I found the Aetius, long missing from my Artis bledicae Principes, and where I bought for a small pecuniary consideration, though it was marked rare, and was really tres rare, the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, edited by and with a preface from the hand of Francis Rabelais?

Francis Vere, who had also scaled the ramparts, knew that cities captured by assaults had often been lost again by the soldiers scattering.

Francis painted a fine picture, which on being exhibited at the Louvre, was received with applause.

The loss of his wife before Aubrey was out of short coats had caused Sir Francis to immure himself in the fastness of his manor, some fifteen miles from York, and to remain there, sublimely indifferent to the welfare of his offspring, abjuring the society of his fellows.

We found Mother Bea like Aloysius said, and then we went into the Hill and found Niall and Francis, and we left.

While the crew crowded the opening of the hatch above them Sir Francis and the boatswains went down, each carrying a lighted lantern, and knelt in the bottom of the hold to examihe the seals that the Dutch Governor of Trincomalee had placed on the entrance.

I might have assured the traitor that I had been sent from hell to collect his soul, that he was not forgiven after all, that Brother Francis was a fraud, that he was Bogdan still, and Bogdan, after all, was going with me down to hell.

The leading candidates for nomination for the presidency were Charles Francis Adams, David Davis, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and B.

Francis came when the clowns left the plaza and said he had to have the cane, and took it out of the wagon.

Captain, afterwards Sir Francis Head, speaks of the showers parting on the Cordilleras, one portion going to the Atlantic, one to the Pacific.

My son Francis placed a thin slice of spinach leaf, moistened with saliva, on a leaf of Drosera, and other slices on damp cottonwool, all exposed to the same temperature.

Pawning his gold watch in Cummins of Francis street where no-one would know him in the private office when I was there with Pisser releasing his boots out of the pop.

Then Sir Francis strode along the gun emplacements in the cliff and gave a curt set of orders to the men who crouched over the culver ins with the burning slow-match.

Sir Francis Seddley came down express from London, and assisted by our skilful county practitioner, Humphrey Buddle, Esq., M.

Gull would be flying back to Elephant Lagoon to winkle out those sacks of guilders and those bars of gold from whatever nook or cranny Sir Francis had tucked them into.