Beneventan

adjective

Ben·​e·​ven·​tan

¦be-nə-¦ven-tᵊn

: lombardic

Word History

Etymology

Italian beneventano, from Medieval Latin Beneventanus, from Beneventum Benevento, province of Italy + Latin -anus -an

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