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Pronounced Loo-key-a in Latin.
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Also pronounced as loo-CHEE-ə in English, luy-SEE-a in Dutch and Swedish, and loo-SEH-a in Danish.
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Pronounced luy-SEE-ah in Swedish. [noted -ed]
St. Lucy's Day (Luciadagen in Swedish and Norwegian, Luciadag in Danish) is celebrated in Scandinavia every year on December 13.
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St. Lucy's Day (Luciadagen in Swedish and Norwegian, Luciadag in Danish) is celebrated in Scandinavia every year on December 13.
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Pronounced Lu - CHI - ah in Italian, though I really like the Spanish Lu - se - ah. Chia is a nice diminutive.
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Here in Spain, where this name has topped the charts for quite a few years, we pronounce it Lou-THEE-a, which I find rather beautiful. I like it better than Lou-SEE-a, though I much prefer Lucy to LOU-thee. In fact, if my wife and I have a second daughter, this will be her name. I'm not too sure I like the idea of my child sharing her name with hundreds of girls at school, but it's such a lovely name, I think I can put the popularity problem behind me.
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Since I'm Italian and this is my name, I take the liberty of correcting the italian pronunciation: it's Loo-chee-ah :)
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The person above saying this name is pronounced Loo-cha is WRONG. I speak a little Italian and I wasn't sure if they were right or wrong so I asked my cousin (who's first language is Italian) how it is pronounced. She said it was Loo-chee-a. Please change it back.
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The correct Italian pronunciation of Lucia is LOO-cha not Loo-chee-a which is a common misconception. Imagine saying ciao, you don't say chee-ow, you say chow. [noted -ed]
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My mother's name is Lucia and she hates it when people call her LOO-sha, it is a Spanish name and it means light. The right way is luc-EYA.
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Latin pronunciation is Loo-kee-ah with stress on the first syllable.
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The German pronunciation is LOO-tsee-ah. [noted -ed]
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I have a cousin named Lucia; even though we're British we pronounce it the Italian way: lu-chee-ah. I like it pronounced this way and didn't know there were other ways to pronounce it.
(No wonder my boyfriend thinks she's Italian if I pronounce it this way lol).
But overall, I think it's a very pretty name.
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(No wonder my boyfriend thinks she's Italian if I pronounce it this way lol).
But overall, I think it's a very pretty name.
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Slovak pronunciation is "luw-TSI-ah".
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I pronounce it loo-Say-ah.
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I say LOO-sha, and love it that way. It's a gorgeous name.
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Pronounced loo-CEE-ah in Sweden. Sankta Lucia Day is today - December 13th.
As a little girl, I would dress up in a plain white dress and wear a hard plastic green crown with white stuff and artificial candles on it. My family would drive up to a Swedish town that's about a half-hour away. I would go through all of the restaurants and stores with a plate of either cookies or candy, and offer a treat to anyone who passed by.
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As a little girl, I would dress up in a plain white dress and wear a hard plastic green crown with white stuff and artificial candles on it. My family would drive up to a Swedish town that's about a half-hour away. I would go through all of the restaurants and stores with a plate of either cookies or candy, and offer a treat to anyone who passed by.
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• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lucia (in Dutch)
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Lucia/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/DmKoQoYKigY (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:00 and 0:01 and 0:03 and 0:17)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /'ly.si.ja:/ [noted -ed]