Lucia

[ loo-shuh, -shee-uh, -see-uh ]

/ ˈlu ʃə, -ʃi ə, -si ə /

a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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“All members of the Court and the public announce the untimely death of Lucia Aielli,” the announcement said.
Days of Mafia Mayhem Are Wracking Italy Once Again|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Judging by the political interest and growing momentum, Lucia and her colleagues at Rosemount know this is a breakthrough moment.
All Kids Want a Head Start|Eleanor Clift|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lucia, who was called Lulu, especially loved “Art Afternoons” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Pictures Drawn by Slain Children Underline Need for Gun Control|Michael Daly|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Lucia and Leo Krim were allegedly stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by their nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, 50, on Thursday afternoon.
A New York Nanny Allegedly Kills Two Children and Neighbors Struggle to Understand|David Freedlander, Eliza Shapiro|October 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST

At nearby PS 87, where Lucia, the oldest girl, went to school, school officials declined to comment.
A New York Nanny Allegedly Kills Two Children and Neighbors Struggle to Understand|David Freedlander, Eliza Shapiro|October 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Needless to say if Lucia had been anybody but Lucia, such a solution would have been impossible.
The Divine Fire|May Sinclair
Lucia spoke calmly, but there was an angry color in her cheek as she rose and left the room.
Behind A Mask, Or A Woman's Power|A. M. Barnard
Talbot delightedly shook hands with them all, not neglecting Lucia Catherwood.
Before the Dawn|Joseph Alexander Altsheler
The captain of the Lucia had been dispatched to bring us hither, there to wait further orders.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
Lucia was called out by the housekeeper a moment after, and Coventry left to the society most wearisome to him, namely his own.
Behind A Mask, Or A Woman's Power|A. M. Barnard