Lancia

See also: lancia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Lancia.

Proper noun

Lancia (plural Lancias)

1. A surname from Italian.
2. An Italian manufacturer of cars; named for founder Vincenzo Lancia.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lancia is the 39004^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 565 individuals. Lancia is most common among White (95.93%) individuals.

Noun

Lancia (plural Lancias)

1. A car manufactured by Lancia.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lancia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.

Italian

Etymology

From lancia (“spear”), a metonymic occupational surname for an armorer or for a soldier who carried a spear.

Proper noun

Lancia m or f by sense

1. a surname

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ki.a/, [ˈɫ̪äŋkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈlän̠ʲt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Lancia f sg (genitive Lanciae); first declension

1. a town of Asturia besieged by the Romans

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lancia
genitive	Lanciae
dative	Lanciae
accusative	Lanciam
ablative	Lanciā
vocative	Lancia
locative	Lanciae

Derived terms

• Lancienses

References

• Lancia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.