Lucia

Etymology

Latinate variant of Lucy, or today borrowed from modern Italian. Name of a Sicilian martyr, Latin Lucia, feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈsiːə/, /ˈluː.ʃə/
• Rhymes: -iːə
• Rhymes: -uːʃə

Proper noun

Lucia

1. A female given name..

Anagrams

• aulic, cauli

Alternative forms

• Luzia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈtsiːa/

Proper noun

Lucia f (genitive Lucia)

1. A female given name., cognate to English Lucy.

Proper noun

Lucia f

1. A female given name., cognate to Lucy.

Anagrams

• cauli

Etymology

Feminine form of Lūcius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ki.a/, [ˈɫuː.ki.a]

Proper noun

Lūcia f (genitive Lūciae); first declension

1. A female given name. equivalent to Lucy.

References

• Lūcia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlu.tʃja]

Proper noun

Lucia f (genitive/dative Luciei, male equivalent Lucian)

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Lucy..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫut͡sia/

Proper noun

Lucia f (genitive Lucie, nominative plural Lucie) declension pattern ulica

1. A female given name..

Further reading

• Lucia in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Proper noun

Lucia c (genitive Lucias)

1. A female Sicilian martyr and saint (Saint Lucy), celebrated December 13, as the only saint to be celebrated in the otherwise Lutheran Scandinavia.
2. December 13th
3. A female given name., cognate to Lucy.