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lumia

lumia noun: a certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.

Noun (1)

lumia (plural lumias)

  1. A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.
    Synonyms:
    French lime, pear lemon, sweet lemon

Noun (2)

lumia (uncountable)

  1. The use of light patterns as an expressive art form, unaccompanied by sound.

Synonyms of lumia

Forms of lumia

plurallumias

Origin of lumia

Coined by the musician and inventor Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), presumably from Latin lumen (“light”).

Questions about lumia

What does lumia mean?
Lumia means a certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.
What part of speech is lumia?
Lumia is a noun.
What is the plural of lumia?
The plural of lumia is lumias.

Words near lumia in the dictionary

  1. lumensecond
  2. lumenseconds
  3. lumes
  4. Lumholtz's tree kangaroo
  5. Lumholtz's tree kangaroos
  6. lumia
  7. lumiaggregometer
  8. lumiaggregometers
  9. lumias
  10. lumic
  11. lumicalciferol

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