# Lucina

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /luˈsiːnə/ · frequency rank #63,771

## Definitions
1. An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno or (less often) Diana in the role of goddess of childbirth, midwives, and newborns.
2. A separate goddess of those fields, a daughter of Jupiter and Juno and counterpart to the Greek Eileithyia.
3. 146 Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid.
4. A female given name from Latin.

## Etymology
From Middle English Lucina and Lucyna, from Latin Lūcīna.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lucina