Dictionary

Bianca en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /biˈæŋkə/
• /biˈɑŋkə/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Italian Bianca, equivalent of English Blanche.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A female given name from Italian.
   • The bodies of 19-year-old best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were returned to Australia on Tuesday night. 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2024:
   • Sweet Bianca! Happy man be his dole! He that runs fastest gets the ring. c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
2. (countable, uncountable) A surname from Italian.
3. (countable, uncountable) A moon of Uranus.

Forms

Relateds

Blanche

Translations (22)

de Bianca (female given name) · ru Биáнка (female given name) · de Bianka (female given name) · cmn 比安卡 (female given name) · sk Bianka (female given name) · fr Bianka (female given name) · pl Bianka (moon of Uranus) · ru Биáнка (moon of Uranus) · fr Blanche (female given name) · cmn 天衛八 /天卫八 (moon of Uranus) · it Bianca (female given name) · ko 비앙카 (female given name) · pt Bianca (female given name) · ro Bianca (female given name) · ja ビアンカ (moon of Uranus) · ja ビアンカ (female given name) · es Bianca (female given name) · pl Bianka (female given name) · hu Bianka (female given name) · fr Bianca (female given name) · sv Bianca (female given name) · da Bianca (female given name)