Lucian

English

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Etymology

Latin Lucianus, either a derivative of the Roman praenomen Lucius, from lux (“light”); or from Ancient Greek Λουκιανός, of obscure meaning.

Pronunciation

Wikiquote

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlu.siː.ən/, X-SAMPA: /"lu.si:.@n/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧cian

Proper noun

Lucian

1. A sophist who was of Syrian origin.
2. A male given name, rare in the English-speaking world.

Translations

sophist of Syrian origin

• Alemannic German: Lukian
• Bulgarian: Лукиан (bg) (Lukian) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 琉善 (cmn)

• Danish: Lukian (da)
• Dutch: Lucianus van Samosata (nl)
• Esperanto: Luciano (eo)
• Estonian: Lukianos (et)
• Finnish: Lukianos (fi)
• French: Lucien de Samosate (fr)
• German: Lukian (de)
• Greek: Λουκιανός (el) (Loukianos) 
• Hungarian: Lukianosz (hu)
• Ido: Luciano (io)
• Italian: Luciano (it)

• Japanese: ルキアノス (ja) (Rukianosu)
• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu/ALUPEC/ALUPEK: Lusianu

• Latin: Lucianus (la) m
• Luxembourgish: Lukian (lb) m
• Norwegian: Lukian (no)
• Polish: Lukianusz (pl) m, Lukian (pl) m?
• Portuguese: Luciano (pt) m
• Russian: Лукиан (ru) (Lukian) m 
• Sardinian: Lucianu (sc) m
• Sicilian: Lucianu (scn) m
• Spanish: Luciano (es) m
• Swedish: Lukianos (sv)
• Ukrainian: Лукіан (uk) (Lukian) m 

male given name

• French: Lucien (fr)
• Italian: Luciano (it)
• Portuguese: Luciano (pt)

• Romanian: Lucian (ro)
• Spanish: Luciano (es)

Anagrams

• uncial

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈlu.t͡ʃjan]

Proper noun

Lucian m (genitive/dative lui Lucian; female equivalent Lucia)

1. A male given name