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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Iapygia, an ancient division of southeastern Italy, so called by the Greeks, corresponding to the peninsular part of Apulia, anciently also called Messapia and Calabria, and sometimes extended to the whole of Apulia.
  • noun One of the ancient Italic race inhabiting Iapygia, including the Messapians and other tribes.

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