Bucha

See also: bucha and bûcha

English

Etymology 1

From Ukrainian Бу́ча (Búča).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːt͡ʃə/

Proper noun

Bucha

  1. A city, the administrative centre of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
  2. A district, a raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Bucha.
  3. A river in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Translations

Etymology 2

From German Bucha.

Proper noun

Bucha (countable and uncountable, plural Buchas)

  1. A surname from German.
  2. A village in Burgenlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
  3. A village in Saale-Orla-Kreis district, Thuringia, Germany.
  4. A village in Saale-Holzland-Kreis district, Thuringia, Germany.

Etymology 3

From Urdu بُچّہ.

Proper noun

Bucha (plural Buchas)

  1. A Pakistani surname from Urdu.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bucha is the 80131st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 237 individuals. Bucha is most common among White (92.83%) individuals.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Буча (Buča).

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: bucha (Portugal, dialectal)
  • Hyphenation: Bu‧cha

Proper noun

Bucha ?

  1. Bucha (a city, the administrative centre of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine)
  2. Bucha (a district, a raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine; seat: Bucha)

Usage notes

Bucha is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuxa]

Proper noun

Bucha m pers (female equivalent Buchová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bucha
(pattern hrdina)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeBuchaBuchoviaBuchovci
genitiveBuchuBuchovBuchovcov
dativeBuchoviBuchomBuchovcom
accusativeBuchuBuchovBuchovcov
locativeBuchoviBuchochBuchovcoch
instrumentalBuchomBuchamiBuchovcami

Further reading

  • Bucha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025