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Luca is a masculine given name used mainly in Latin America, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania.It is derived from the Latin name Lucas.It may also come from the Latin word "lucus" meaning "sacred wood" (a cognate of lucere).
Lucca is known as an Italian "Città d'arte" (City of Art) from its intact Renaissance-era city walls [5] [6] and its very well preserved historic center, where, among other buildings and monuments, are located the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, which has its origins in the second half of the 1st century A.D., the Guinigi Tower, a 45-metre-tall (150 ...
Giuseppe de Luca, Italian baritone; Guerrino De Luca, Italian-American entrepreneur; Jeff De Luca, American software-developer; Joseph Deluca, Italian-American mobster; Libero de Luca, Swiss tenor; Loes Luca, Dutch actress and comedian; Marco De Luca, Italian race walker; Michael De Luca, American movie producer and screenwriter; Mimmo Lucà ...
Gianluca is an Italian masculine given name. Its English translation is "John Luke" and it is often a shorter form of "Giovanni Luca".. Gianluca Alfenoni (born 1996), Argentine footballer
Luke, Lukas, Luc, Luca, Łukasz Lucas is a multilingual masculine given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the Latin verb "lucere", meaning "to shine", from which the English name Luke comes from.
The latest Pixar film will transport you to the sun-kissed Italian coast for a rollicking tale of friendship and belonging. 'Luca': The real Italian town that inspired Pixar's latest adventure ...
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
The Holy Face of Lucca (Italian: Volto Santo di Lucca) is an eight-foot-tall (2.4 m), ancient wooden carving of Jesus crucified in the cathedral of San Martino, Lucca, Italy. Medieval legends state that it was sculpted by Nicodemus who assisted St. Joseph of Arimathea in placing Christ in his tomb after the crucifixion. The same legends placed ...