nuca

See also: NUCA, nucã, nucă, and nucą

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع‎ (nuḵāʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /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.
• “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.

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Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع‎ (nuḵāʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.ka/, [ˈn̺uːkä]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Hyphenation: nù‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

1. (anatomy) nape, back of the neck

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع‎ (nuḵāʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.ka/, /ˈnu.kɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

1. nape (back part of the neck)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع‎ (nuḵāʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuka/

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

1. (anatomy) nape, back of the neck

See also

• cogote

Further reading

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