Lucian

See also: lucían

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.sɪən/, /ˈluː.ʃən/, (now rare) /ˈljuː-/
• Rhymes: -uːʃən
• Hyphenation: Lu‧cian

Proper noun

Lucian

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

Translations

sophist of Syrian origin

• Alemannic German: Lukian
• Bulgarian: Лукиан (Lukian)
• Catalan: Llucià
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 琉善 (Liúshàn)

• Danish: Lukian
• Dutch: Lucianus van Samosata
• Esperanto: Luciano
• Estonian: Lukianos
• Finnish: Lukianos
• French: Lucien de Samosate
• German: Lukian
• Greek: Λουκιανός (el) (Loukianós)
• Hungarian: Lukianosz
• Ido: Luciano
• Italian: Luciano (it)
• Japanese: ルキアノス (Rukianosu)
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: Lusianu

  Badiu: Lusianu

• Latin: Lucianus m
• Luxembourgish: Lukian m
• Norwegian: Lukian
• Polish: Lukianusz m, Lukian m?
• Portuguese: Luciano (pt) m
• Romanian: Lucian (ro) m
• Russian: Лукиан (ru) m (Lukian)
• Sardinian: Lucianu m
• Sicilian: Lucianu m
• Spanish: Luciano (es) m
• Swedish: Lukianos
• Ukrainian: Лукіан m (Lukian)

male given name

• French: Lucien (fr)
• Galician: Luciano (gl) m
• Italian: Luciano (it)
• Polish: Lucjan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Luciano (pt)
• Romanian: Lucian (ro)
• Russian: Лукья́н (ru) m (Lukʹján)
• Spanish: Luciano (es)
• Ukrainian: Лук'я́н m (Lukʺján)

Anagrams

• Alcuin, Lucina, uncial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lucianus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈt͡ʃjan]

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. a male given name from Latin