Leuca

Leuca, ae, f.,

a town in Calabria, near the Iapygian promontory , now S. Maria di Leuca : secretaque littora Leucae, Luc. 5, 376.

Leuca
LEUCA(τὰ Λευκά, Strab.: Leuca), a small town of Calabria, situated close to the Iapygian promontory,...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
leuca
†† leuca (leuga), ae, f. [a Celtic word, whence the Fr. lieue], a Gallic mile of 1500 Roman paces,...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.