"Lucania" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: /luːˈkaː.ni.a/ [Classical-Latin], [ɫ̪uːˈkäːniä] [Classical-Latin], /luˈka.ni.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [luˈkäːniä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Lucani + -ia, an Oscan-Samnium tribe of the area. The name's origin is disputed, with suggested connections including Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “bright”), Latin lux (“light”), lucus (“sacred wood”), and Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”), though the first three are all from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. More at Lucania. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|Lucani|ia}} Lucani + -ia, {{der|la|osc|-}} Oscan, {{cog|grc|λευκός||bright}} Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “bright”), {{cog|la|lux||light}} Latin lux (“light”), {{cog|grc|λύκος||wolf}} Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*lewk-}} Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Lūcānia<1.loc>}} Lūcānia f sg (genitive Lūcāniae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Lūcānia<1.loc>}} Forms: Lūcānia [canonical, feminine, singular], Lūcāniae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lūcānia [nominative, singular], Lūcāniae [genitive, singular], Lūcāniae [dative, singular], Lūcāniam [accusative, singular], Lūcāniā [ablative, singular], Lūcānia [singular, vocative], Lūcāniae [locative, singular]
  1. Lucania Tags: declension-1 Derived forms: Lūcānus, Lūcānī
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            "1": "Lucania",
            "2": "genus",
            "nomul": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Lucania",
          "name": "taxlink"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Lucania"
    }
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        "3": "ia"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "bright"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "lux",
        "3": "",
        "4": "light"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lux (“light”)",
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    },
    {
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        "2": "λύκος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wolf"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewk-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Lucani + -ia, an Oscan-Samnium tribe of the area. The name's origin is disputed, with suggested connections including Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “bright”), Latin lux (“light”), lucus (“sacred wood”), and Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”), though the first three are all from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. More at Lucania.",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Lūcāniam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "name",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
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          "word": "Lūcānus"
        },
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        }
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      ],
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          "#English"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɫ̪uːˈkäːniä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/luˈka.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[luˈkäːniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
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      "text": "Translingual: Lucania"
    }
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    },
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "wolf"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcāniae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcānia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcāniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcāniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcāniam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcāniā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcānia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lūcāniae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "Lūcānia<1.loc>"
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  "pos": "name",
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Oscan",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ia",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "Lucania"
      ],
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          "Lucania",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/luːˈkaː.ni.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɫ̪uːˈkäːniä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈka.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[luˈkäːniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lucania"
}

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