Lucy

¹ American  

[loo-see] / ˈlu si /

noun

1. the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominin found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis: she has been dated at about 3.2 million years of age.

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Lucy ² American  

[loo-see] / ˈlu si /

Or Luci

noun

1. a female given name.

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Lucy British  

/ ˈluːsɪ /

noun

1. Saint. died ?303 _ad , a virgin martyred by Diocletian in Syracuse. Feast day: Dec 13

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Lucy Cultural  

1. Nickname for one of the most complete skeletons of an early ancestor of humans ever found. Discovered in Ethiopia by Don Johanson, Tim White, and Tom Gray, Lucy lived approximately three million years ago. She walked upright, and anthropologists estimate that she was about twenty years old when she died. Lucy is considered one of the great finds of anthropology.

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Etymology

Origin of Lucy

First recorded in 1970–75; after the Beatles' song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (released in 1967), a tape of which was played in the discoverers' camp during the expedition

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Example Sentences

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Lucy

Education Secretary Lucy Powell says the government will "update and strengthen" Holocaust education within schools after a major review highlighted the "shocking scale" of antisemitism in British society.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Prosecuting barrister Lucy Organ told the court: ''This almost laughable incident demonstrates quite how far the defendant was willing to go in his deceit.''

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Defenders Lucy Bronze, Jess Carter and Maya le Tissier have all netted in the past 18 months, while England's number nine has added six to the tally.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Decart is also developing world models called Lucy and Oasis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Take me to the Department of Good Fortunes and Bad Omens,” I tell Lucy.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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