"Apuani" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [a.puˈaː.niː] [Classical-Latin], [a.puˈaː.ni] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Apua, the name of their chief city, probably from Proto-Indo-European *abʰ- (“abrupt, quick”), suffixed form *abʰ(o)-ua, through a language where *-bʰ became p, such as Ancient Ligurian or another Celtic language (compare Ancient Greek ἄφαρ (áphar, “quickly”)). According to Alessio and De Giovanni, from a Mediterranean substrate root *ap-/*apʰ (“sharp”), such as Sicanian. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*abʰ-||abrupt, quick}} Proto-Indo-European *abʰ- (“abrupt, quick”), {{der|la|xlg|-}} Ancient Ligurian, {{der|la|cel|-}} Celtic, {{cog|grc|ἄφαρ||quickly}} Ancient Greek ἄφαρ (áphar, “quickly”), {{der|la|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{der|la|sxc|-}} Sicanian Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Apuānī<2>|g=m}} Apuānī m pl (genitive Apuānōrum); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Apuānī<2>}} Forms: Apuānī [canonical, masculine, plural], Apuānōrum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Apuānī [nominative, plural], Apuānōrum [genitive, plural], Apuānīs [dative, plural], Apuānōs [accusative, plural], Apuānīs [ablative, plural], Apuānī [plural, vocative], Apuānī Ligurēs [alternative]
  1. A Ligurian tribe of Italy Tags: declension-2
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