title: Franconian
text: # Franconian
  
  Franconian may refer to:
  
  * anything related to Franconia (German Franken), a historic region in Germany, now part of Bavaria, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg
  * East Franconian German, a dialect spoken in Franconia
  * Franconian languages
  * Franconian (stage), a stage in North American stratigraphy named for the Franconia Formation, near the town of Franconia in eastern Minnesota
  * Franconian notation, mensural musical notation as formulated by Franco of Cologne in the 13c
  