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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o land_n of_o corn_n or_o ear_n in_o the_o phoen._n dialect_n lybia_n so_o call_v from_o lybia_n the_o daughter_n of_o epaphus_n lybia_n a_o dry_a and_o thirsty_a country_n per_fw-la calidas_fw-la lybiae_fw-la sitientis_fw-la arenas_fw-la lucan_n love_fw-mi thirsty_n dry._n spania_n vulgò_fw-la hispania_n from_o pan._n spania_n so_o call_v from_o the_o multitude_n of_o rabbat_n and_o coney_n it_o produce_v insomuch_o that_o that_o animal_n be_v account_v peculiar_a to_o that_o country_n catullus_n give_v the_o epithet_n cuniculosa_n to_o celtiberia_n a_o province_n of_o spain_n and_o the_o baleares_n island_n adjoin_v be_v so_o much_o infest_a with_o that_o vermin_n that_o they_o sue_v to_o augustus_n for_o soldier_n to_o destroy_v they_o spanija_n a_o country_n of_o rabbat_n or_o coney_n italia_n from_o italus_n a_o calf_n or_o ox_n of_o hercules_n call_v by_o the_o phoenician_n ataria_n from_o the_o exceed_a quantity_n of_o pitch_n it_o yield_v the_o letter_n r_o and_o l_o being_n easy_a convertible_a in_o the_o eastern_a tongue_n old_a italy_n contain_v no_o more_o than_o the_o country_n of_o the_o brutii_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n signify_v black_a pitch_n itaria_n a_o country_n of_o pitch_n calabria_n a_o province_n in_o italy_n call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o pitch_n country_n call_v calabria_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n as_o old_a italy_n calab_n in_o the_o phoenic_n tongue_n pitch_n lusitania_n from_o lusus_fw-la a_o companion_n of_o bacchus_n have_v its_o name_n from_o the_o abundance_n of_o almond_n it_o produce_v and_o which_o be_v in_o great_a quantity_n thence_o export_v into_o all_o europe_n insomuch_o that_o in_o that_o country_n at_o this_o day_n there_o be_v many_o place_n which_o take_v their_o name_n from_o that_o fruit_n as_o calmende_v castelmendo_fw-la for_o castroalmendro_n and_o 2._o almendras_n signify_v almond_n luz_n in_o the_o phoenic_n tongue_n 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