Dumnonii the British population, suggesting an ancient connection of peoples along the western Atlantic seaboard. The Latin name for Exeter is Isca Dumnoniorum ("Water of the Dumnonii"). This oppidum (a Latin term meaning an important town) on the banks of I River Exe certainly existed prior to the foundation of the Roman city in about AD 50. "Isca" is derived from the Brythonic word for flowing water, which was given to the River Exe. This is reflected in the Welsh name for Exeter: "Caerwysg" meaning "fortified settlement on the river Uisc". Isca Dumnoniorum originated with a settlement that developed around the
Isca! most voted student organization and gained 20 student representatives. Among its prominent members is Xosé Emilio Vicente Caneda, who at the time of the creation of the organization was the secretary general of Galiza Nova. Its aim is "to bring together different sectors of the Galician youth that are particularly critical of the drift towards the institutional policy" electoralism and political marketing that, according to Isca!, other nationalist groups, such as the UPG have carried out in the recent years. They understand that there is a framework of class struggle in Galicia, which denies the possibility of an interclassistic policy.