Boudicca

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English

Proper noun

Boudicca

  1. Alternative form of Boudica
    • 2023 April 2, David Barnett, quoting Duncan Mackay, “Boudicca returns as a 21st-century feminist – 2,000 years after her death”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
      Mackay says: “There is almost a mythological aspect to Boudicca, and she’s sometimes seen in the same way as King Arthur, but we know Boudicca was real, we just don’t know a huge amount about her.

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boudicca f sg (genitive Boudiccae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of Boudicēa (queen of the Iceni tribe)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Statue of Boudicca by Thomas Thornycroft, near Westminster pier.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Boudicca, from Gaulish *Boudīkā, from Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā, from Proto-Celtic *boudīkos (victorious), from Proto-Celtic *boudi (booty, victory).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːˈdɪkːa/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪkːa
  • Hyphenation: Bou‧dic‧ca

Proper noun

Boudicca

  1. Boudica (a queen of the British Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire)

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