Luca

See also: luca and LUCA

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Luca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈluːkə/

Proper noun

Luca

A male given name borrowed from Italian in the 2000s.

Anagrams

ACLU, UCLA, caul

German

Alternative forms

Luka

Etymology

From the Italian Luca.

Proper noun

Luca

A male given name, borrowed from Italian in the 2000s.

Italian

Proper noun

Luca m

A male given name, equivalent to the English-language Luke or Lucas
Luke (biblical character)
the Gospel of Luke.

Descendants

English: Luca
German: Luca

See also

Lucca

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ka/, [ˈɫuː.ka]

Proper noun

Lūca f (genitive Lūcae); first declension

a city in Etruria; site of modern-day Lucca

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Lūca
genitive	Lūcae
dative	Lūcae
accusative	Lūcam
ablative	Lūcā
vocative	Lūca
locative	Lūcae

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Lūcās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.kaː/, [ˈɫuː.kaː]

Proper noun

Lūcā m

ablative of Lūcās

References

Luca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Luca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Proper noun

Luca m (genitive/dative lui Luca)

A male given name, equivalent to the English-language Luke or Lucas

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Italian Luca, from Latin Lucas. Cognate with English Luke.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lu˧˧ kaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [lʊw˧˧ kaː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lʊw˧˧ kaː˧˧]
Phonetic: lu ca

Proper noun

Luca

(Roman Catholicism) Luke

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