"Luca" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [ˈɫuː.ka] [Classical-Latin], [ˈluː.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Possibly from Celtic-Ancient Ligurian *luk- (“swampy place”). Or, possibly instead from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”). Etymology templates: {{wp|Luca|lang=la}}, {{der|la|cel|-}} Celtic, {{der|la|xlg|*luk-||swampy place}} Ancient Ligurian *luk- (“swampy place”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*lewk-||bright}} Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Lūca<1.loc>}} Lūca f sg (genitive Lūcae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Lūca<1.loc>}} Forms: Lūca [canonical, feminine, singular], Lūcae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lūca [nominative, singular], Lūcae [genitive, singular], Lūcae [dative, singular], Lūcam [accusative, singular], Lūcā [ablative, singular], Lūca [singular, vocative], Lūcae [locative, singular]
  1. a city in Etruria; site of modern-day Lucca Tags: declension-1 Derived forms: Lūca bōs, Lūcānia, Lūcānus, Lūcensis
    Sense id: en-Luca-la-name-K9o4DJI8 Categories (other): Cities, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Italy Disambiguation of Italy: 0 0

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɫuː.kaː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈluː.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Lūcā [canonical, masculine]
Etymology: From Lūcās. Head templates: {{head|la|proper noun form|g=m|head=Lūcā}} Lūcā m
  1. ablative/vocative of Lūcās Tags: ablative, form-of, vocative Form of: Lūcās
    Sense id: en-Luca-la-name-~-RUuqgb Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Italy Disambiguation of Italy: 0 0
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