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From Ancient Greek Ἀικούλανον (Aikoúlanon), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *aikwo- (“plain”), probably through a Messapic (Daunian) language. Compared is aequor (“leveled surface”), but this is disputed. Also see the proper names Aecae and Aequi.

Aeculānum n sg (genitive Aeculānī); second declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

“Aeculanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Aeculanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Aeculanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Universal Historical Dictionary: Or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics, Volume 1
"Aeculanum" Hirpini et Daunia

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+* Universal Historical Dictionary: Or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics, Volume 1
+* [http://www.asciatopo.altervista.org/hirpinia.html "Aeculanum" Hirpini et Daunia]
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