Frances (disambiguation)

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Frances is a given name, the feminine version of Francis.

Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin.

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Frances may also refer to:

Places

Frances is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, in the United States.

Frances, Kentucky Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Frances is an unincorporated community within Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States. It was also called Needmore.

Frances, Washington Unincorporated community in Washington, United States

Frances is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington, United States. Frances is located along State Route 6 east of the community of Lebam. Frances and surrounding areas are part of an area heavily affected by the logging industry.

Ships

Frances was a cutter built in 1839 at Encounter Bay, South Australia. It was wrecked on South Neptune Island on 29 August 1840. It was reported that the crew survived the wrecking event, came ashore and survived on a diet of penguin for 50 days before sending 2 people in a dinghy to Port Lincoln to seek help. Those remaining at South Neptune Island were subsequently rescued. While the wreck site is protected by the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 and its location is recorded as being at 35°33′00″S136°12′00″E, as of 2004 it had not been found.

Frances was a convict ship that transported a single convict from Madras, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1859. The convict, Patrick McDonald or McDonnell, was a soldier convicted of an "unnatural crime" by court-martial at Rangoon, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. There were no pensioner guards or other passengers on the ship other than McDonald.

USS Frances was a United States Navy sloop in commission from 1813 to 1814.

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Frances was a New Zealand thoroughbred racemare foaled in 1942 by Bulandshar (GB) out of Trivet (NZ). She won a number of major races including the 1948 Auckland Cup.

<i>Frances</i> (film) 1982 film by Graeme Clifford

Frances is a 1982 American biographical drama film directed by Graeme Clifford from a screenplay written by Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, and Nicholas Kazan. The film stars Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer, a troubled actress during the 1930s whose career suffered as a result of her mental illness. It also features Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Jonathan Banks, and Jeffrey DeMunn in supporting roles.

The name Frances was used for eight tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. It was even with Arlene as the most-used Atlantic storm name, but fell to second place when Arlene was used for the first storm of the 2005 season.

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Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived from the same source as the female name Frances, and the male names Francesc, Francesco and Francis.

Francesco, the Italian version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy, and is the given name of:

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