Lucian

See also: lucían

English

Etymology

Latin Lucianus, either a derivative of the Roman praenomen Lucius, from lux (“light”); or from Ancient Greek Λουκιανός (Loukianós), of obscure meaning.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.sɪən/, /ˈluː.ʃən/, (now rare) /ˈljuː-/
Rhymes: -uːʃən
Hyphenation: Lu‧cian

Proper noun

Lucian

A sophist who was of Syrian origin.
A male given name from Latin, rare in the English-speaking world.

Translations

sophist of Syrian origin

Alemannic German: Lukian
Bulgarian: Лукиан (Lukian)
Catalan: Llucià
Chinese:
Mandarin: 琉善 (Liúshàn)
Danish: Lukian
Dutch: Lucianus van Samosata
Esperanto: Luciano
Estonian: Lukianos
Finnish: Lukianos
French: Lucien de Samosate
German: Lukian
Greek: Λουκιανός (el) (Loukianós)
Hungarian: Lukianosz
Ido: Luciano
Italian: Luciano (it)
Japanese: ルキアノス (Rukianosu)
Kabuverdianu:
ALUPEC: Lusianu

Badiu: Lusianu
Latin: Lucianus m
Luxembourgish: Lukian m
Norwegian: Lukian
Polish: Lukianusz m, Lukian m?
Portuguese: Luciano (pt) m
Romanian: Lucian (ro) m
Russian: Лукиан (ru) m (Lukian)
Sardinian: Lucianu m
Sicilian: Lucianu m
Spanish: Luciano (es) m
Swedish: Lukianos
Ukrainian: Лукіан m (Lukian)

male given name

French: Lucien (fr)
Galician: Luciano (gl) m
Italian: Luciano (it)
Polish: Lucjan (pl) m
Portuguese: Luciano (pt)
Romanian: Lucian (ro)
Russian: Лукья́н (ru) m (Lukʹján)
Spanish: Luciano (es)
Ukrainian: Лук'я́н m (Lukʺján)

Anagrams

Alcuin, Lucina, uncial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lucianus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [luˈt͡ʃjan]
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Lucian m (genitive/dative lui Lucian, female equivalent Lucia)

a male given name from Latin

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