nuca

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See also: NUCA, nucã, nucă, nucą, Nucă, and ñuca

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowed from a language of the Sakhalin Island. Compare Orok луча, Nivkh нуча (nuț’a). See also Daur luaaq, Manchu ᠯᠣᠴᠠ (loca), Yakut нуучча (nuucca), Nanai лоча (loca), Evenki лӯча (lūça), Even ню̄чи (ņūci), etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

nuca • (nuca)

  1. a Russian (person)

Proper noun

nuca • (nuca)

  1. Russia (The largest country in the world, a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
  2. Russian (language)

Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

nuca f (plural nuques)

  1. nape, back of the neck

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Hyphenation: nù‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. (anatomy) nape, back of the neck

Anagrams

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. nape

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

  1. nape (back part of the neck)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “nuca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “nuca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnuka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

  1. (anatomy) nape (back of the neck)
    Synonym: cogote

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