Nausicaa
proper noun
- character of the Odyssey
- feamle given name
- fictional planet
- crater on Thetys
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /nɔːˈsɪkiə/ / /nɔːˈsɪkɪə/ / /nɔːˈsɪkeɪə/
name
Etymology: From Latin Nausicaa, from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).
- A princess who aids Odysseus.
“But no catastrophe occurred. I lived to watch on a strange shore a black and youthful Nausicaa, with a joyous train of attendant maidens, carrying baskets of linen to a clear stream overhung by the heads of slender palm-trees.”
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.