Lucia
Encyclopedia
Surname
- Bruno LuciaBruno LuciaBruno Lucia is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and performer.With his bald, clean-shaven head, and Italian descent, Lucia became popular in the early 1990s with his role as Wayne on television sitcom All Together Now , memorable in part due to his character's catchphrase...
, Australian stand-up comedian and performer - Fernando de LuciaFernando De LuciaFernando De Lucia was an Italian opera tenor and singing teacher who enjoyed an international career....
, Italian tenor
Given name
- Lucia CifarelliLucia CifarelliLucia Cifarelli is currently a vocalist and occasional keyboardist for industrial music group KMFDM...
, member of industrial band KMFDM - Lucía EtxebarriaLucía EtxebarríaLucía Etxebarría de Asteinza is a Spanish writer. She was born in Valencia in 1966, of Basque parents as her name suggests, the youngest of seven children. The Basque surname Etxebarria has no diacritics, although its Spanish version Echevarría has...
de Asteinza, Spanish writer - Lucia Galeazzi GalvaniLucia Galeazzi GalvaniLucia Galeazzi Galvani was an Italian scientist.She was the daughter of anatomist Domenico Gusmano and Paola Mini and from 1762 married to the doctor Luigi Galvani, from 1775 a professor at the University of Bologna. In 1772, the couple moved to their own home, where her spouse established a...
, Italian scientist - Lucia LiljegrenLucia LiljegrenLucia Liljegren is an American mechanical engineer who has worked at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University...
, mechanical engineer and climate blogger - Lucía LópezLucía LópezLucía López Martínez is a former female field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the Women's National Team at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She played club hockey for Real Club de Polo in Barcelona.-References:*...
, Spanish field hockey player - Lucia PoppLucia PoppLucia Popp was a notable Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette soprano, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the...
, popular operatic soprano - Lucia dos Santos, a seer who, in Roman Catholic culture, spoke to the Virgin Mary
- Lucia MicarelliLucia MicarelliLucia Micarelli is an American violinist and actress best known for her collaborations with Josh Groban and classic rock band Jethro Tull, and her role as Annie in Treme.-Early Life:...
, American violinst appearing in the HBO series Treme
Arts and culture
- LucíaLucíaLucía is a 1968 Cuban black-and-white film directed by Humberto Solás, and written by Julio García Espinosa and Nelson Rodríguez. It was the winner of the Golden Prize at the 1969 Moscow International Film Festival....
, 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás - Lucia di LammermoorLucia di LammermoorLucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....
, 1836 opera by Gaetano Donizetti - Mapp and LuciaMapp and LuciaMapp and Lucia is a collective name for a series of novels by E. F. Benson, and is also the name of a television series based on those novels.-The novels:...
, series of novels by E. F. Benson - "Santa LuciaSanta LuciaSanta Lucia is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was transcribed by Teodoro Cottrau and published by the Cottrau firm, as a "barcarolla", at Naples in 1849. Cottrau translated it from Napuletano into Italian during the first stage of the Risorgimento, the first Neapolitan song to be given Italian...
", a Neapolitan song
Fictional characters
- Lucia, a playable character in Contra: Shattered SoldierContra: Shattered SoldierContra: Shattered Soldier, published in Japan as is a video game that is part of the Contra series by Konami. It was developed by Team Kijirushi, a group of staff members within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and released for the PlayStation 2 in 2002...
, and boss in its sequel, Neo ContraNeo Contrais the tenth video game in the Contra series by Konami. It was developed by Team Neo Kijirushi, a group of staff members within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and released for the PlayStation 2 in 2004... - Lucia Morgan, a playable character in Final Fight 3Final Fight 3Final Fight 3, released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling beat 'em up by Capcom originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in...
- Lucia Raregroove, a major enemy in the Japanese manga/anime series Rave Master
- Lucia (Suikoden), a character in Suikoden II and Suikoden III
- Lucia von BardasLucia von BardasLucia von Bardas is a fictional character, a supervillain in comic books published by Marvel Comics.- Fictional character biography :Lucia von Bardas is a Latverian woman who used to teach at the University of North Carolina in the United States. After Victor von Doom was deposed as the leader of...
, Marvel Comics villainess - Lucia, a popstar and golfer in PangyaPangYaPangYa , is an online multiplayer casual golf simulation game designed by Korean development company, Ntreev Soft....
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Other uses
- 222 Lucia222 Lucia222 Lucia is a large Themistian asteroid. It is spectral C-type and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 9, 1882 in Vienna and named after Lucia, daughter of Austro-Hungarian explorer Graf Wilczek.- References...
, an asteroid - Lucia (butterfly)Lucia (butterfly)Lucia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
, a butterfly genus from the Luciini tribe - Lucia, CaliforniaLucia, CaliforniaLucia is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It is located east of Lopez Point, at an elevation of 354 feet . Lucia is one of the three small settlements of restaurants, and motels located along State Route 1 on the Big Sur coast...
, a small town in the United States - Saint LuciaSaint LuciaSaint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
, independent country in the Caribbean - Saint Lucia's Day, a Nordic feast day celebrated on December 13th
See also
- Saint Lucia (disambiguation)Saint Lucia (disambiguation)Saint Lucy, a Christian saint known as Santa Lucia in Italian and in Swedish and Santa Lucía in Spanish, has given her name to many places, and things that take their names from those places:-People:*Saint Lucy, a Christian saint...
- LuciLuciLuci is an English feminine given name variant of Lucy and an Italian surname derived from the Latin personal name Lucius...
- LúciaLúciaLúcia is a Portuguese language given name, and may refer to:* Lúcia Machado de Almeida, Brazilian writer* Lúcia Moniz, singer and actress born on November 9, 1976 in Lisbon, Portugal* Lúcia Santos, Roman Catholic Carmelite nun...
- Luciana (disambiguation)Luciana (disambiguation)Luciana may also refer to:People with the given name Luciana:* Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress* Luciana Caporaso, British singer* Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess of Lebanese origin...
- Lucie (disambiguation)Lucie (disambiguation)-Geographic features:* St. Lucie County, Florida** Port St. Lucie, Florida** Port St. Lucie-River Park, Florida** St. Lucie, Florida* St. Lucie Inlet, Florida* St...
- Lucille (disambiguation)
- Lucinda (disambiguation)
- Lucy (disambiguation)Lucy (disambiguation)Lucy is a feminine given name and a family name.Lucy may also refer to:- Music :Albums* Lucy , a 1995 album by Candlebox* Lucy, a 2001 album by Japanese pop singer Maaya SakamotoBands...