Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Franks
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Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition
FRANKS
,
Frankis
, or
Franquis
, an appellation given by the Turks, and other nations of A
s
ia, to all the people of the we
s
tern parts of Europe, to which they give the name of
Franki
s
tan
.