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