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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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Historians at University of Naples Eastern Studies concluded that the root of the name Lucania is derived from ''luc'', the Osco-Sabellic peoples word for light, which has the same meaning in the Latin idiom. The people that moved from the Osco-Sabellic tribes to occupy the land east of the Sillaro River, which was an area associated with the morning star, Lucifer (Latin for bringer of light). Therefore, Lucania means eastern land or land from which there is light.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.storiaromanaebizantina.it/come-ti-chiami-lucania/ | title=Come ti chiami? Lucania !!! | date=10 February 2016 }}</ref> The study also explains why it is not Greek in origin. As noted in the History section on this page, the Greeks referred to this region of Italy as Oenotria. |
Historians at University of Naples Eastern Studies concluded that the root of the name Lucania is derived from ''luc'', the Osco-Sabellic peoples word for light, which has the same meaning in the Latin idiom. The people that moved from the Osco-Sabellic tribes to occupy the land east of the Sillaro River, which was an area associated with the morning star, Lucifer (Latin for bringer of light). Therefore, Lucania means eastern land or land from which there is light.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.storiaromanaebizantina.it/come-ti-chiami-lucania/ | title=Come ti chiami? Lucania !!! | date=10 February 2016 }}</ref> The study also explains why it is not Greek in origin. As noted in the History section on this page, the Greeks referred to this region of Italy as Oenotria. |
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The Greco-Roman name Λουκᾶς (''Lucas'') originally designated a native of Lucania; among its bearers was [[Luke the Evangelist]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |