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Erica
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erica Érica
Translingual
thumb|Erica cinerea
Etymology
mul la-new -, from mul grc ἐρείκη
Proper noun
1 f
mul botany genus family Ericaceae heaths and heathers
mul zoology genus family Salticidae certain jumping spiders
Hypernyms
genus of heaths etc ; Ericoideae subfamily subfamily; Ericeae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus of heaths etc Erica subg. Chlamydanthe subgenus, Erica subg. Ectasis subgenus, Erica subg. Erica subgenus, Erica subg. Platystoma subgenus, Erica subg. Stellanthe subgenus, Erica subg. Syringodea subgenus subgenera
Erica cinerea species (bell heather) type species; Erica arborea species (tree heath), Erica sociorum species (partner heath) selected other species
genus of spiders Erica eugenia species sole species
References
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Erica (jumping spider) Erica (jumping spider)
Erica (Ericaceae) Erica (Ericaceae)
Erica (Araneae) Erica (Araneae)
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ERICA
mul Heather family plants Spiders
English
Alternative forms
en Erika Ericka Erykah
Etymology
A feminine form of en Eric, ultimately from en non -. The name has also been associated with the flower genus.
Pronunciation
en ɛɹɪkə 3
Proper noun
en female Germanic languages,Old Norse.
en 1994 Erica Jong Fear of Fifty 140 But Erica Mann Jong is, alas, just as patriarchal as Erica Jong. When Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika, was alive, the confusion of names bothered me. My parents had met and admired Thomas Mann. They loved his daughter's name and wished creativity upon me. Erica means white flower in German, and queen in old Scandinavian, but to them, it meant writer.
en David Robson The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world 2019-05-13 There are, of course, many ethical reasons to use nonviolent strategies. But compelling research by Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard University, confirms that civil disobedience is not only the moral choice; it is also the most powerful way of shaping world politics – by a long way. https://web.archive.org/web/20261010010702/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world 10 October 2026
en locality shire:Pref/Baw Baw south eastern s/Victoria c/Australia.
Derived terms
en ericoid
Related terms
en Eric
Translations
female given name
Bulgarian: bg Е́рика f
Czech: cs Erika f
Danish: da Erika
Estonian: et Erika
Finnish: fi Eerika, fi Eriika, fi Eriikka, fi Riikka
French: fr Érica, fr Érika, fr Erica, fr Erika
German: de Erika
Greek: el Έρρικα f
Hungarian: hu Erika
Latvian: lv Ērika f
Norwegian: no Erika
Polish: pl Eryka f
Portuguese: pt Érica f
Russian: ru Э́рика f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Erika f
Slovak: sk Erika
Swedish: sv Erika
Anagrams
en aceir Ciera areic ceria
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Erica in 1867. Derived from nl la-new Erica heath.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈeː.ri.kaː/
nl Nl-Erica.ogg
nl 3 eːrikaː
nl Eri ca
Proper noun
n
nl village mun/Emmen p/Drenthe c/Netherlands
References
French
Etymology
fr :bor en:Erica
fr en Erica.
Pronunciation
[E:É]
Proper noun
fr proper noun
fr female a less common Érica
German
Pronunciation
de De-Erica.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female a less common Erika
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Erika
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Erica.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female, a less common spelling of Erika