lucy

lu-cy · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "light."

  2. 2.

    (paleoanthropology) The nickname of a famous Australopithecus afarensis fossil discovered in Ethiopia in 1974.

Related words

See also: lucia, lucille

Etymology

From Latin Lucia, feminine of Lucius, from lux ("light").