A surname.

plural of Franca

(extremely rare, probably nonstandard) plural of lingua franca

plural of lingua franca

(Latinate) plural of lingua franca

A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers.

(historical, archaic) Sabir, the Italian-based pidgin that served as the lingua franca of Mediterranean trade in the late Middle Ages and early modern period (c. 11th–19th centuries)

Alternative form of Mediterranean Lingua Franca

A constructed language created by C. George Boeree based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan using either Latin or Cyrillic alphabets with grammar based on that of Romance Creoles.

(historical) Sabir, the pidgin Italian-based lingua franca spoken along the Mediterranean to facilitate trade from the 11th to the 19th centuries.