nuca

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

• IPA^(key): /nu̜t͡ʃa/

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

• (Russia): ヌチャ モシㇼ (nuca mosir), ヌチャ モシㇽ (nuca mosir)
• (the Russian language): ヌチャ イタㇰ (nuca itak)

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnu.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈnu.ka]

Noun

nuca f (plural nuques)

1. nape, back of the neck

Further reading

• “nuca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nuca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “nuca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nuca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

• Canu, cuna

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnyka/

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

1. nape

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

1. nape (back part of the neck)

Derived terms

• nucal

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

1. (anatomy) nape (back of the neck)

   Synonym: cogote

Further reading

• “nuca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014