Definitions for Francis
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1. Francisnoun

   A male given name from Latin

   Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!

2. Francisnoun

   A female given name from Latin, Alternative spelling of Frances.

3. Francisnoun

   A patronymic surname.

4. Francisnoun

   A ghost town in Nebraska.

5. Francisnoun

   A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

6. Francisnoun

   A town in Utah.

7. Etymology: From Latin Franciscus ("French(man)") (from Francia ("France"), originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

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1. 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. INIST-CNRS is now providing free access to the FRANCIS database, along with PASCAL database content, on their website.

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1. Francis

   Francis is a 1950 black-and-white comedy film that launched the Francis the Talking Mule series. It stars Donald O'Connor as an American soldier who gets into trouble when he insists an Army mule named Francis can speak. The distinctive voice of Francis was provided by Chill Wills. It was directed by Arthur Lubin.

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1. FRANCIS

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1. francis

   Song lyrics by francis -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by francis on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. FRANCIS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Francis is ranked #413 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Francis surname appeared 78,327 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 27 would have the surname Francis.
   
   59.4% or 46,589 total occurrences were White.
   30.3% or 23,733 total occurrences were Black.
   3.7% or 2,961 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 1,856 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2% or 1,621 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2% or 1,567 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Francis' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3728

How to pronounce Francis?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Francis in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Francis in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Francis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Francis in a Sentence

1. David Clohessy:

   Those who fear women deacons, or favor them, should remember how slowly Francis moves, any fear or hope that action might be taken soon should be tempered with that reality.

2. Ron Hernandez:

   Just like they would take the opportunity to steal a womans purse or rob a bank or liquor store, who knows what drives that mentality. Its not like they walked in somewhere and engaged in a gunfight. Ron Hernandez speaks to reporters outside St. Francis Medical Center on Monday in Lynwood, Calif., where two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are hospitalized after being shot. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis).

3. Bernie Sanders:

   Well, I am who I am. And what I believe in, and what my spirituality is about is that we're all in this together. That I think it is not a good thing to believe that as human beings we can turn our backs on the suffering of other people, and you know, this is not Judaism. This is what Pope Francis is talking about, that we cannot worship just billionaires and the making of more and more money. Life is more than that.

4. Pope Francis:

   I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and the right but the obligation to say what Pope Francis thinks for the common good... we have the right to have this freedom openly without offending.

5. Vice President Biden:

   I admire Pope Francis deeply and I ’m excited about Pope Francis upcoming visit.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Francis
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Francis
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html