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Luke

//lyk// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    lukewarm not-comparable

    "Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss?"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name.

    ""Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter."

  2. 2
    Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

    "Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you."

  3. 3
    The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
  4. 4
    An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
  5. 5
    An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
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  1. 6
    A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  2. 7
    A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  3. 8
    A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  4. 9
    A village in Tartu, Estonia.
  5. 10
    A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
  6. 11
    A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
  7. 12
    A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

Etymology 2

From Middle English leuȝke, leuk, leuke, lewk, lewke, louk, luk, luke, probably from Old English *hlēoc beside hlēow- (whence lew); compare rēoc and rēow, slēac and unslēaw, etc.

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