Erica

See also: erica and Érica

Translingual

Erica cinerea

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē)

Proper noun

Erica f

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – the heaths and heathers.
A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders.

Hypernyms

(genus of heaths etc): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Ericoideae - subfamily; Ericeae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus of heaths etc): Erica subg. Chlamydanthe, Erica subg. Ectasis, Erica subg. Erica, Erica subg. Platystoma, Erica subg. Stellanthe, Erica subg. Syringodea - subgenera
- Erica cinerea (bell heather) - type species
(genus of spiders): Erica eugenia - sole species

References

Erica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erica (jumping spider) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erica (Ericaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Erica (Araneae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Erica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Erica at USDA Plants database

English

Alternative forms

Erika
Ericka

Etymology

Feminine form of Eric, ultimately from Old Norse. The name has also been associated with the flower genus.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛɹɪkə

Proper noun

Erica

A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
- 1994 Erica Jong: Fear of Fifty: page 140:
  But Erica Mann Jong is, alas, just as patriarchal as Erica Jong. When Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika, was alive, the confusion of names bothered me. My parents had met and admired Thomas Mann. They loved his daughter's name and wished creativity upon me. Erica means white flower in German, and queen in old Scandinavian, but to them, it meant writer.

Related terms

Eric

Translations

female given name

Czech: Erika (cs) f
Danish: Erika
Estonian: Erika
Finnish: Eerika (fi), Eriika, Eriikka, Riikka (fi)
French: Érica (fr), Érika (fr), Erica (fr), Erika (fr)
German: Erika (de)
Greek: Έρρικα f (Érrika)
Hungarian: Erika (hu)
Latvian: Ērika f
Norwegian: Erika (no)
Portuguese: Érica f
Russian: Э́рика (ru) f (Érika)
Serbo-Croatian: Erika (sh) f
Slovak: Erika
Swedish: Erika (sv)

Anagrams

Ciera, areic, ceria

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Erica in 1867. Derived from New Latin Erica (“heath”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ri.kaː/
Hyphenation: Eri‧ca

Proper noun

Erica n

A village in Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

References

van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Erica.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə.ʁi.ka/

Proper noun

Erica

a female given name, a less common variant of Érica

German

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Proper noun

Erica

a female given name, a less common variant of Erika

Swedish

Proper noun

Erica c (genitive Ericas)

a female given name, a less common spelling of Erika