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nuca

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

Ainu edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

nuca • (nuca)

  1. a Russian (person)

Proper noun edit

nuca • (nuca)

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

Synonyms edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nuca f (plural nuques)

  1. nape, back of the neck

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. (anatomy) nape, back of the neck

Anagrams edit

Piedmontese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. nape

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: nu‧ca

Noun edit

nuca f (plural nucas)

  1. nape (back part of the neck)

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnuka/ [ˈnu.ka]
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: nu‧ca

Noun edit

nuca f (plural nucas)

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

Further reading edit

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