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bucca

/ˈbʌk.ə/

bucca noun: a storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.

Noun (1)

bucca (plural buccas)

  1. (Cornwall, UK) A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
    • a fabled menagerie of fairies, buccas, sprites and giants2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall & Southwest England, page 273

Noun (2)

bucca (plural buccae)

  1. Synonym of cheek.
    Synonyms:
    cheek

Proper noun capitalized: Bucca

Bucca

  1. A suburb of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

bucca meaning in Tamil

bucca in Tamil

கன்னம்

Synonyms of bucca

Forms of bucca

pluralbuccas
pluralbuccae

Origin of bucca

Borrowed from Cornish bocka. Doublet of pooka and puck.

Learned borrowing from Latin bucca (“the cheek”). Doublet of bocca and bouche.

Phrases with bucca

Words that rhyme with bucca

Questions about bucca

What does bucca mean?
Bucca means a storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
What is bucca in Tamil?
Bucca in Tamil is கன்னம். See Bucca meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bucca?
Bucca can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bucca?
Bucca is pronounced /ˈbʌk.ə/.
What is the plural of bucca?
The plural of bucca is buccas.

Words near bucca in the dictionary

  1. Bucaros
  2. bucatini
  3. Bucay
  4. bucayo
  5. bucc-
  6. bucca
  7. Bucca Wauka
  8. buccal
  9. buccal cavities
  10. buccal cavity
  11. buccal fat extraction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bucca (page history and authors); Bucca (page history and authors); bucca (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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