Lancia

Borrowed from Italian Lancia.

Lancia (plural Lancias)

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

• 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.

Lancia (plural Lancias)

1. A car manufactured by Lancia.

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

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

Lancia m or f by sense

1. a surname

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

Lancia f sg (genitive Lanciae); first declension

1. a town of Asturia besieged by the Romans

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Lancienses

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