Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fishes of the family Pœciliidæ, found in the coastwise swamps of the eastern United States.
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- proper noun A region of ancient
Italy , comprising modernBasilicata andCilento .
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- noun a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
Etymologies
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Examples
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Felix, who disdained even to give an evasive answer, was at length beheaded at Venusia, in Lucania, a place on which the birth of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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But he yielded, however reluctantly, to the ascendant which his wiser colleague had acquired over him, and retired, immediately after his abdication, to a villa in Lucania, where it was almost impossible that such an impatient spirit could find any lasting tranquility.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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(vi. 7, vii. 9, 23;) fair of Leucothoe or St. Cyprian in Lucania,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Brutians, and in Lucania, that is, in the opposite extremity of Italy, and was there making head against Hannibal.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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"Yes, he crossed with us on the 'Lucania'; remembered meeting you in
Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin
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Sicilian-born Salvatore Lucania - he Americanized his identity as a boy to Charles Luciano -- first won the respect of other criminals as a hit man on the streets of Lower Manhattan.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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Mr. Lucania, 32 years old, was a union electrician working on the upper floors of the South Tower that morning.
No Solace for Some Pervaiz Shallwani 2011
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The family of Charles Lucania made a pact: They will not go to the World Trade Center site.
No Solace for Some Pervaiz Shallwani 2011
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Sicilian-born Salvatore Lucania - he Americanized his identity as a boy to Charles Luciano -- first won the respect of other criminals as a hit man on the streets of Lower Manhattan.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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Sicilian-born Salvatore Lucania - he Americanized his identity as a boy to Charles Luciano -- first won the respect of other criminals as a hit man on the streets of Lower Manhattan.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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