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Catano

Catano proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Catano (plural Catanos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Catano

pluralCatanos

Origin of Catano

* As a southern Italian surname, variant of the personal name Caetano, see also Gaetano. * Also as an Italian surname, from Old Italian cattano (“captain”) (see modern capitana), making it a variant of Cattaneo. * As a Sicilian surname, variant of Cattano, from the noun cotone (“cotton”). Sometimes found in Spanish as Cataño.

Questions about Catano

What does Catano mean?
Catano means a surname.
What part of speech is Catano?
Catano is a proper noun.

Words near Catano in the dictionary

  1. Catania
  2. Catanian
  3. Catanians
  4. Catanias
  5. catanionic
  6. Catano
  7. Catanos
  8. Catanzarite
  9. Catanzarites
  10. Catanzaro
  11. catapan

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