Lucania
Americannoun
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an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
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a modern region in S Italy, comprising most of the ancient region. 3,856 sq. mi. (9,985 sq. km).
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Mount, a mountain in the SW Yukon Territory, Canada, in the St. Elias Mountains. 17,147 feet (5,226 meters).
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Example Sentences
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Cameras left behind by Yukon mountaineers in 1937 were recovered by a seven-person expedition team trekking Mount Lucania.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022
Depending on your age and generation, it is either Lucania or Basilicata, with a painful past and a glittering future as the European capital of culture.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2018
In Roman times the poet Horace described how he relished the wines of Basilicata - then called Lucania.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2018
Lucania and his friends lay down in their cells.
From Time Magazine Archive
The declining sun, however, warned us to retrace our steps once more to the "Lucania," where all the pleasures of home awaited us, and the varied experience of our day gave us conversation until bedtime.
From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by Knowles, J. Harris (John Harris)
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