Lupiae

Latin Alternative forms la Lupia f-s Etymology Of uncertain origin, with suggestions including: A relationship to la lupus wolf Dizionario Di Toponomastica: Storia E Significato Dei Nomi Geografici Italiani Of Mediterranean la qfa-sub - origin, from a root und *lup- a bird's nameAlessio-De Giovanni: Alessio, G., De Giovanni, M., Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea, Atti del VII congresso internazionale di scienze onomastiche, vol. 1, Firenze 1962, pp. 65-129. From the name of the la Lupia, a river in present-day Poland, which is said by Udolph to be from la ine-pro *leup-, an extension of ine-pro *lew- mud, dirt.Udolph: Udolph, J., Die Stellung der Gewässernamen Polens innerhalb der alteuropäischen Hydronymie, Göttingen, 1990. Pronunciation Lupiae Proper noun Lupiae<1.loc> f A city of the Salentini in Calabria, situated on the road from Brundisium to Hydruntum, now Lecce Declension Lupiae<1.loc> Derived terms la Lupiēnsis Descendants it Lecce References la Cities Italy