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Lucia

American  
[loo-shuh, -shee-uh, -see-uh] / ˈlu ʃə, -ʃi ə, -si ə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”


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The only woman on the Supreme Court, Carmen Lucia, said the process had caused her "great spiritual and psychological harm", asking how many more "Marielles will Brazil allow to be murdered?"

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The manuscript opens with the life of Giovanni of Florence, who built the Augustinian hermitage of Santa Lucia in Larniano with help from local farmers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

Neither Lucia nor Kabawa offer the more familiar jerk chicken, choosing to urge diners into other corners of the cuisine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Martha Lucia Pereira, chief executive of luxury real estate agency PresVip, has witnessed the influx of foreign capital at first hand, saying 99 percent of her clients are Latin American.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

“C’mon, Lucia ... a few more minutes. We don’t even have school tomorrow.”

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez