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This is from the Wikipedia page on “Lucania”:“There are several hypotheses on the origin of the name Lucania, inhabited by Lucani, an Osco-Samnite population from central Italy. Lucania might be derived from Greek λευκός, leukos meaning “white”, cognate of Latin lux (“light”). According to another hypothesis, Lucania might be derived from Latin word lucus meaning “sacred wood” (cognate of lucere), or from Greek λύκος, lykos meaning “wolf”.

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