Lin"gua Fran"ca (li&nsm;"gwa fra&nsm;"ka). [It., prop., language of the Franks.]
The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.
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Lin"gua Fran"ca.
Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.
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