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LUCAS

"From Lucania; light"

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  • From Lucania; light

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Cross-cultural form linked to light and geography.

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  • Freedman's Bank Records — post-Civil War African American names from 1865–1874
  • US Census Public Data — historical distribution from 1880 onward
  • Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage — Lowcountry SC/GA naming with retained African linguistic patterns
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