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Nausicaa
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Nausícaa Nausicäa Nausicaä
English
Alternative forms
en Nausicäa Nausicaä Nausikaa
Etymology
From en la Nausicaa, from en grc Ναυσικάα.
Pronunciation
en /nɔːˈsɪkiə/ GA
en /nɔːˈsɪkɪə/ RP
conservatively en /nɔːˈsɪkeɪə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nausicaa.wav Southern England
en ɪkiə ɪkɪə ɪkeɪə
Proper noun
en Greek mythology A princess who aids Odysseus.
XXXIX But no catastrophe occurred. I lived to watch on a strange shore a black and youthful Nausicaa, with a joyous train of attendant maidens, carrying baskets of linen to a clear stream overhung by the heads of slender palm-trees.
en rare en female Ancient Greek.
Translations
princess in the Odyssey
Catalan: ca Nausica f
French: fr Nausicaa f
German: de Nausikaa f
Greek: el Ναυσικά f
Ancient Greek: grc Ναυσικάα f
Italian: it Nausicaa f
Japanese: ja ナウシカアー Naushikaā
Korean: ko ^나우시카
Latin: la Nausicaa f
Polish: pl Nauzykaa f
Portuguese: pt Nausícaa f
Spanish: es Nausícaa f
French
Etymology
fr :lbor la:Nausicaa
fr la Nausicaa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr Greek mythology en Nausicaa
Italian
it:
Etymology
From it grc Ναυσικάα.
Proper noun
f
it Greek mythology en Nausicaa
it female
Latin
Alternative forms
la Nausicaē Nausicaä
Etymology
la Nausicaa :bor grc:Ναυσικάᾱ + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nausicaa<1>
la Greek mythology en Nausicaa daughter of Phaeacian king Alcinous
la Martial Epigrams 12 31 Sī mihi Nausicaā patriōs concēderet hortōs, / Alcinoō possem dīcere 'mālo meōs.' If Nausicaa were to offer me her father's gardens, I could say to Alcinous: 'I prefer my own.' D. R. Shackleton Bailey 1993
Declension
Nausicaa<1> Nausicaa/Nausicaā Nausicaam/Nausicaān Nausicaa/Nausicaā
References
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Nausícaa