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noun, plural lingua francas, lin·guae fran·cae 
[ling-gwee fran-see] .
[ling-gwee fran-see] . 1.
any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
2.
(initial capital letter
) the Italian-Provençal jargon (with elements of Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish) formerly widely used in eastern Mediterranean ports.
) the Italian-Provençal jargon (with elements of Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish) formerly widely used in eastern Mediterranean ports.Origin:
1670–80; < Italian: literally, Frankish tongue
1670–80; < Italian: literally, Frankish tongue
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Lingua franca
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So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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| Lingua Franca | |
| —n | |
| a particular lingua franca spoken from the time of the Crusades to the 18th century in the ports of the Mediterranean, based on Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish | |
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lingua franca
1678, from It., lit. "Frankish tongue." Originally a form of communication used in the Levant, a stripped-down It. peppered with Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish words. The name is probably from the Arabic custom, dating back to the Crusades, of calling all Europeans Franks.
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