See also: marica and Maricá

Latin

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Etymology

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Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Marīca f sg (genitive Marīcae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A nymph, mother of Latinus

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Marīca
Genitive Marīcae
Dative Marīcae
Accusative Marīcam
Ablative Marīcā
Vocative Marīca

References

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  • Marica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Marica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Màrija +‎ -ca.

Proper noun

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Mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рица)

  1. a female given name, Hypocoristic of Màrija

Etymology 2

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Perhaps the same as above.

Proper noun

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Mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рица)

  1. Maritsa (a river in Bulgaria)