English

Proper noun

Luca

1. A male given name borrowed from Italian in the 2000s.

Anagrams

• ACLU
• caul
• UCLA

German

Alternative forms

• Luka

Etymology

From the Italian Luca.

Proper noun

Luca

1. A male given name, borrowed from Italian in the 2000s.

Italian

Proper noun

Luca m

1. A male given name, equivalent to the English-language Luke or Lucas
2. Luke (biblical character)
3. the Gospel of Luke.

See also

• Lucca

Descendants

• English: Luca
• German: Luca

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lūca f ‎(genitive Lūcae); first declension

1. a city in Etruria; site of modern-day Lucca

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Derived terms

• Lūca bōs
• Lūcānia
• Lūcānus
• Lūcensis

Etymology 2

From Lūcās.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lūcā m

1. ablative of Lūcās

References

• Luca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Luca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Romanian

Proper noun

Luca m ‎(genitive/dative lui Luca)

1. A male given name, equivalent to the English-language Luke or Lucas

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Italian Luca, from Latin Lucas. Cognate with English Luke.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [l̪u˧˧ kaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lʊw˧˧ kaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l̻ʲʊw˧˥ kaː˧˥]
• Phonetic: lu ca

Proper noun

Luca

1. (Roman Catholicism) Luke

Italian

Verb

luca

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of lucere
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of lucere
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of lucere
4. third-person singular imperative of lucere

Spanish

Noun

luca f ‎(plural lucas)

1. (Chile, colloquial) thousand pesos.