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Dec 1, 2009
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Os•can



Pronunciation: (os'kun), [key]
n.
1. one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
2. the Indo-European, probably Italic, language of the Oscans, written in an alphabet derived from the Etruscan.

adj.
of or pertaining to the Oscans or their language.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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