nuca

See also: NUCA, nucã, nucă, nucą, Nucă, and ñuca

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowed from a language of the Sakhalin Island, in turn most likely from Solon lōča (“Russian”, noun), possibly from Russian ловцы́ (lovcý, “fishermen, hunters”) or ло́вчий (lóvčij, “huntsman”).

Compare Orok луча (luča), Nivkh нуча (nuț’a). See also Daur luaaq, Manchu ᠯᠣᠴᠠ (loca), Yakut нуучча (nuučča), Nanai лоча (loca), Evenki лӯча (lūça), Even ню̄чи (ņūci), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu̜t͡ʃa/

Noun

nuca (Kana spelling ヌチャ)

1. Russian (native or inhabitant of Russia)

Proper noun

nuca • (nuca)

1. Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
2. Russian (language)

Synonyms

• (Russia): ヌチャ モシㇼ (nuca mosir), ヌチャ モシㇽ (nuca mosir)
• (the Russian language): ヌチャ イタㇰ (nuca itak)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnu.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnu.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

nuca f (plural nuques)

1. nape, back of the neck

Further reading

• “nuca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nuca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

1. (anatomy) nape, back of the neck

Anagrams

• Canu, cuna

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnyka/

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

1. nape

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ukɐ
• Hyphenation: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

1. nape (back part of the neck)

Derived terms

• nucal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuka/ [ˈnu.ka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

1. (anatomy) nape (back of the neck)

   Synonym: cogote

Further reading

• “nuca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024