Nausicaa
English
Etymology
From Latin Nausicaa, from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɔːˈsɪkiə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɔːˈsɪkeɪə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkiə, -ɪkeɪə
Proper noun
Nausicaa
- (Greek mythology) A princess who aids Odysseus.
- 1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXXIX, in The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published October 1906, →OCLC:
- But no catastrophe occurred. I lived to watch on a strange shore a black and youthful Nausicaa, with a joyous train of attendant maidens, carrying baskets of linen to a clear stream overhung by the heads of slender palm-trees.
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- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no.zi.ka.a/
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).
Portuguese
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