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Mes•sa•pic
Pronunciation: (mu-sā'pik, -sap'ik), [key]—
n.
an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
Also,Mes•sa•pi•anPronunciation: (mu-sā'pē-un). [key]Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.