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Galvano

Galvano proper noun: a surname from Italian.

Proper noun

Galvano

  1. A surname from Italian

Origin of Galvano

From Italian Galvano, from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvao, Galvan, and Galvani.

Questions about Galvano

What does Galvano mean?
Galvano means a surname from Italian.
What part of speech is Galvano?
Galvano is a proper noun.

Words near Galvano in the dictionary

  1. galvanizings
  2. galvanneal
  3. galvannealed
  4. galvannealing
  5. galvanneals
  6. Galvano
  7. galvano-
  8. galvanocaustic
  9. galvanocauteries
  10. galvanocauterization
  11. galvanocauterizations

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