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Lucania

Lucania proper noun: a region of ancient Italy, comprising modern Basilicata and Cilento.

lucania: a region of ancient Italy, comprising modern Basilicata and Cilento
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Proper noun

Lucania

  1. A region of ancient Italy, comprising modern Basilicata and Cilento.

Origin of Lucania

Borrowed from Latin Lūcānia.

Words formed from Lucania

Questions about Lucania

What does Lucania mean?
Lucania means a region of ancient Italy, comprising modern Basilicata and Cilento.
What part of speech is Lucania?
Lucania is a proper noun.

Words near Lucania in the dictionary

  1. Luca
  2. lucabindiite
  3. lucam
  4. lucams
  5. Lucan
  6. Lucania
  7. Lucanian
  8. Lucanians
  9. lucanica
  10. lucanid
  11. lucanids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lucania (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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