Meanings
alternative Nausicäa · alternative Nausicaä · alternative Nausikaa
- Greekhuman sciencesA 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.
1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXXIX, in The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published October 1906, →OCLC - rareA female given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΝαυσικάα
- LatinNausicaa
- EnglishNausicaa
From Latin Nausicaa, from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα
- Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa)princess in the Odyssey
Catalan Nausica
- Nausicaprincess in the Odyssey
French Nausicaa
- Nausicaaprincess in the Odyssey
German Nausikaa
- Nausikaaprincess in the Odyssey
Greek Ναυσικά
- Ναυσικά (Nafsiká)princess in the Odyssey
Italian Nausicaa
- Nausicaaprincess in the Odyssey
Japanese ナウシカアー
- ナウシカアー (Naushikaā)princess in the Odyssey
Korean 나우시카
- 나우시카 (Nausika)princess in the Odyssey
Latin Nausicaa
- Nausicaaprincess in the Odyssey
Polish Nauzykaa
- Nauzykaaprincess in the Odyssey
Portuguese Nausícaa
- Nausícaaprincess in the Odyssey
Spanish Nausícaa
- Nausícaaprincess in the Odyssey
Cite this entry
Nausicaa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nausicaa
“Nausicaa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nausicaa. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nausicaa,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nausicaa.
Source: Nausicaa on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.