OSCAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oscan mean? 

• OSCAN (noun)
  The noun OSCAN has 2 senses:

1. an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania

2. an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy

  Familiarity information: OSCAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSCAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Oscan" is a kind of...):

Italian (a native or inhabitant of Italy)

Holonyms ("Oscan" is a member of...):

Campania (a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Oscan" is a kind of...):

Osco-Umbrian (a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin)