lucumonia
Italian
FWOTD – 24 November 2020
Etymology
From lucumone + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu.kuˈmɔ.nja/
- Rhymes: -ɔnja
- Hyphenation: lu‧cu‧mò‧nia
Noun
lucumonia f (plural lucumonie)
- (historical) the rank or title of a lucumo; a region ruled by a lucumo
- 1857, Usi e costumi di tutti i popoli dell'universo, page 258:
- Rappresentarono pertanto in una dieta generale, che la loro lucumonia era d’un forte riparo contro i Romani, e per conseguenza, ov’eglino fossero soggiogati, l’Etruria sarebbe infallibilmente dai nemici occupata
- Therefore they, in a general council, reported how their lucumonia was a strong refuge against the Romans, and how, were they to be subjugated, Etruria was to be occupied by the enemy without fail
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Related terms
- lucumone
Further reading
- lucumonia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana