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Franciatlaca.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
Franciatlaca.
Principal English Translation: 

French people, people of France, people from France (partly a loanword from Spanish) (ca. 1582, Mexico City) Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 174–175.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yaotlatolcomo[n]tli in Mexico mito ouallaque Françia tlaca yhua[n] morosme aoc tlacama[n]ca in cemiluitl yn iquac lunes = se dijo que vinieron los hombres de Francia y los moros. Todo el día lunes ninguno de los hombres apareció. (ca. 1582, Mexico City) Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 174–175.