Lucca

[look-kah]

noun

1. a city in NW Italy, W of Florence.

Lucca

/ ˈlukka /

noun

1. Ancient name: Luca. a city in NW Italy, in Tuscany: centre of a rich agricultural region, noted for the production of olive oil. Pop: 81 862 (2001)

Example Sentences

Guaff saved one match point but at 40-30 Paolini, who was born in Bagni di Lucca in Tuscany, sealed victory with an unstoppable serve right down the middle of the court.

From BBC

Gardner’s kids, Lucca and Golden — elementary school students with a passion for ginger beer — were Whipper Snapper and Lil Deputy Doo-Doo Diaper, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times

Micah Jahn scored 16 points and Lucca Trujillo had 15 points for Venice.

From Los Angeles Times

Lucca, a former digital editor for Harper’s who has written for the New York Times and Sight and Sound, was first drawn to the director’s work while a student at the University of Iowa “because his work had the same openness, ambiguity and fierceness” of the midcentury European art-house cinema she was then studying.

From Los Angeles Times

One film that Lucca cites as an example of this strange melancholy: Cronenberg’s 1996 adaptation of J.G.

From Los Angeles Times