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Answer for the clue "Po boy? ", 8 letters:
etruscan

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Word definitions for etruscan in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, from Latin Etruscus "an Etruscan," from Etruria , ancient name of Tuscany , of uncertain origin but containing an element that might mean "water" (see Basque ) and which could be a reference to the rivers in the region.

Usage examples of etruscan.

Raffaello led them into the Palazzo Maffei, where they could inspect the Etruscan inscriptions on a funeral stele and on a statue of a mother nurturing a child.

As a frequent guest, Curzio had, of course, seen these Etruscan exemplars many times before.

This Etruscan divine had apprehended, at an early date, one of the major teachings of the Catholic Church, and one on which the Protestants had grievously erred.

I thoroughly investigated the claims of the Inghirami family to have discovered Etruscan antiquities of great significance in the vicinity of their villa of Scornello.

He would use his secretly acquired up-time knowledge to plant Etruscan artifacts in his own neighborhood.

And the up-time books had told him what he needed to know in order to fake an Etruscan message.

Curzio Inghirami from the Latin inscription in Etruscan artifact number four.

Curzio Inghirami, a nobleman of Volterra, found a linen scroll, with both Latin and Etruscan writing, supposedly inscribed by an ancient soothsayer.

Since those provinces were one country, or at least a close confederation, during the Etruscan period, the Medici encourage study of the Etruscans.

The only point of doubt would be whether it would be foreseen by an Etruscan rather than by one of the Hebrew or Christian priests.

Pisa also declared that the Latin used by this supposed Etruscan was of an inferior quality, at odds with the high priestly position he claimed.

Florentines, on the other hand, argued that one could not expect a leader of the Etruscan people, chafing under Roman rule, to write Latin as if he were a Roman patrician.

It was accepted by all scholars that the Latin alphabet evolved from the Etruscan one.

There were Etruscan counterparts to the Latin letters C, E, F, K, and L, but they all faced backwards on almost every known Etruscan writing .

It is only in this way that the Inghiramis can explain the chemical behavior of the supposedly Etruscan ink.