Boudicca

English

Proper noun

Boudicca

1. Alternative form of Boudica
   • 2023 April 2, David Barnett, quoting Duncan Mackay, “Boudicca returns as a 21st-century feminist – 2,000 years after her death”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Mackay says: “There is almost a mythological aspect to Boudicca, and she’s sometimes seen in the same way as King Arthur, but we know Boudicca was real, we just don’t know a huge amount about her.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bo.uˈdik.ka/, [boʊˈd̪ɪkːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bo.uˈdik.ka/, [bouˈd̪ikːä]

Proper noun

Boudicca f sg (genitive Boudiccae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of Boudicēa (“queen of the Iceni tribe”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Statue of Boudicca by Thomas Thornycroft, near Westminster pier.

Alternative forms

• Boadicea, Boudica

Etymology

From Latin Boudicca, from Gaulish *Boudīkā, from Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā, from Proto-Celtic *boudīkos (“victorious”), from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“booty, victory”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew(H)- (“to gain”) or from *bʰewd- (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːˈdɪkːa/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkːa
• Hyphenation: Bou‧dic‧ca

Proper noun

Boudicca

1. Boudica (a queen of the British Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire)

References

• “Boudicca” in Store norske leksikon