Re: Lucia
in reply to a message by Mary R.
There are two main pronounces:
Loo-SEE-a (Spanish)
and
Loo-CHEE-a (Italian) (the ch like in "cherry").
It's simple.
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. ~Marie Curie
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Loo-SEE-a (Spanish)
and
Loo-CHEE-a (Italian) (the ch like in "cherry").
It's simple.
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. ~Marie Curie
My name list: behindthename.com/pnl/223545
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When I was a kid, I thought loo-TSEE-a /luː.ˈtsiː.a/ is the right 'authentic' one, (dunno where it came from, it sounded 'proper' Latin* to me).
*BtN says LOO-kee-a is Latin.
*BtN says LOO-kee-a is Latin.