Nausicaa

See also: Nausícaa, Nausicäa, and Nausicaä

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Nausicaa, from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /nɔːˈsɪkiə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɔːˈsɪkeɪə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪkiə, -ɪkeɪə

Proper noun

Nausicaa

  1. (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.
  2. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek

Translations

French

Etymology

Latin Nausicaa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /no.zi.ka.a/

Proper noun

Nausicaa f

  1. (Greek mythology) Nausicaa

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).

Proper noun

Nausicaa f

  1. (Greek mythology) Nausicaa
  2. a female given name

Portuguese

Proper noun

Nausicaa f

  1. Alternative spelling of Nausícaa
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