Luca
A male given name from Italian, borrowed in the 2000sA male given name from Italian, borrowed in the 2000s.
» Luca is more intelligent than you.
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2 sensesA male given name from Italian, borrowed in the 2000s.
A female given name.
Examples
5 sentencesLuca is more intelligent than you.
Luca is an Italian citizen.
Люка — громадянин Італії. — deniko
Starting now, I won't say hello to that nasty Luca anymore!
deAb sofort werde ich diesen fiesen Luca nicht mehr grüßen! — Waldelfe
From now on, I'm no longer going to greet that unpleasant Luca!
My name is Luca.
Origin
Borrowed from Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), hypocoriBorrowed from Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), hypocoristic of Λούκιος (Loúkios) (from Latin Lūcius m) or Λουκανός (Loukanós) or both with -ᾶς (-âs). As a female given name, used in Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian as an equivalent of Lucy (ultimately of same origin, from Latin Lūcia f), but English usage is influenced by the male given name, similar Lucas, Luke, and the feminine ending -a.
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