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Cluana
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Latin
Etymology
The name is of uncertain origin:
Related to the city it Cluviae in Carricini, which could be from ine-pro *(s)kleh₂w- hook or related to la Clusium
From la ine-pro *ḱlew- to hear, cognate with la clueo to be called
From la cluo to cleanse; if so, related to the river la Cluentus
Pronunciation
Cluāna
Proper noun
Cluāna<1.loc>
la town r/Picenum situated between Cupra and Potentia
Declension
Cluāna<1.loc>
References
Delle antichità picene dell'abate Giuseppe Colucci patrizio camerinese. Tomo 1. (-31.) .., Volume 8, p. 78
Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992
la Italy