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Luke

/luːk/ · name

Meaning

  1. The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
  2. A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  3. An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
  4. A male given name.
  5. lukewarm
  6. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
  7. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  8. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  9. An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).

Etymology / origin

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

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