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Ulrica

Ulrica proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.

Proper noun

Ulrica

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
    • Farewell, Front-de-Boeuf! — May Mista, Skogula, and Zernebock, gods of the ancient Saxons – fiends, as the priests now call them – supply the place of comforters at your dying bed, which Ulrica now relinquishes!1819, Walter Scott, chapter XXX, in Ivanhoe
    • "Forever is a word forbidden to men," asserted Ulrica and, to lighten the emphasis, she asked me to repeat my name, which she had not caught. "Javier Otárola," I told her. She tried to repeat it and couldn't. I failed, equally, with the name Ulrikke.1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “Ulrica”, in The Book of Sand

Origin of Ulrica

A feminine form of the male given name Ulric (modern German Ulrich), Germanic for "ruler of all" or "wolf[like] ruler".

Questions about Ulrica

What does Ulrica mean?
Ulrica means a female given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
What part of speech is Ulrica?
Ulrica is a proper noun.

Words near Ulrica in the dictionary

  1. ulps
  2. ULR
  3. Ulrey
  4. Ulreys
  5. Ulric
  6. Ulrica
  7. Ulrich
  8. ulrichite
  9. Ulrick
  10. Ulriken
  11. Ulriksfors

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