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Re: The Answers - (don't look till you've taken the quiz!)
Lucy is NOT a feminine form of Luke!
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LUCY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LOO-see [key]
English feminine form of LUCIUS
LUCIUS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English
Pronounced: LOO-shus [key]
Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light". Two Etruscan kings of early Rome had this name as well as several prominent later Romans, including Lucius Annaeus Seneca (known simply as Seneca), a famous statesman, philosopher, orator and tragedian. Also, three popes have borne this name.
LUKE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: LOOK [key]
From the Greek name Ëïõêáò (Loukas) which meant "from Lucania". Lucania was a region in Italy. Saint Luke, the author of the third Gospel and Acts in the New Testament, was a doctor who travelled in the company of Saint Paul.
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