Lucia
English
    
    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
Derived terms
    
Translations
    
female given name — see Lucy
German
    
    Alternative forms
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /luːˈtsiːa/, /ˈluːtsja/
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Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /luˈt͡ʃi.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: Lu‧cì‧a
Latin
    
    Etymology
    
Feminine form of Lūcius.
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ki.a/, [ˈɫ̪uːkiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈluːt͡ʃiä]
Declension
    
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Lūcia | Lūciae | 
| Genitive | Lūciae | Lūciārum | 
| Dative | Lūciae | Lūciīs | 
| Accusative | Lūciam | Lūciās | 
| Ablative | Lūciā | Lūciīs | 
| Vocative | Lūcia | Lūciae | 
Descendants
    
- English: Lucy
References
    
- “Lūcia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romanian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈlu.tʃja]
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Proper noun
    
Lucia f (genitive/dative Luciei, male equivalent Lucian)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy
Slovak
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈɫut͡sia/
Proper noun
    
Lucia f (genitive singular Lucie, nominative plural Lucie, declension pattern of ulica)
- a female given name
Declension
    
Further reading
    
- Lucia in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /lɵˈsiːˌa/
Proper noun
    
Lucia c (genitive Lucias)
- A female Sicilian martyr and saint (Saint Lucy), celebrated December 13, as the only saint to be celebrated in the otherwise Lutheran Scandinavia.
- December 13th
- a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy
Synonyms
    
- Sankta Lucia (the saint)
- Luciadagen (December 13th)
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