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villefranche

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
ville-franche
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Several settlements in France, mostly with affixes.

name

A frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.

name

A surname from French

name

A surname from French:

Etymology

From French Villefranche (literally “Freetown”), from ville (“town, city”) + franche, feminine singular of franc (“free”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Villefranche

Phrases

Villefranche-sur-Saône

Frequently Paired Words

Francheville Vilafranca Villafranca

Questions

What does villefranche mean?
Several settlements in France, mostly with affixes.
Where does villefranche come from?
It is traced to French.

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