Lucina

/ luːˈsaɪnə /

noun

1. Roman myth a title or name given to Juno as goddess of childbirth

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lucina¹

C14: from Latin lūcīnus bringing to the light, from lūx light

Example Sentences

In a statement, Lucina Jiménez López, the director of the National Institute of Fine Arts, described her career as one that “marked an entire era.”

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Property records show the New York City home, a three-story townhouse in Greenwich Village that once housed a speakeasy, was purchased in 2006 by a limited liability corporation called Lucina International.

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But Lucina Di Meco, a co-founder of #ShePersisted Global, an international feminist initiative to stop gendered disinformation and attacks against women in politics, said that these claims ignore how social media algorithms and existing content laws leave women and girls at a disproportionate risk for abuse — and, studies show, they may turn to self-censorship as a result to avoid it.

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“You have to look at the effective rate,” said Pam Lucina, chief fiduciary officer and head of trust and advisory services at the financial services firm Northern Trust.

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"These abstract statements offer tech companies a good PR opportunity, but these aren't real commitments," says Lucina Di Meco, co-founder of #ShePersisted Global, which tackles online attacks against women.

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