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Giarratano

Giarratano proper noun: a surname from Italian; a locative name derived from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa province, Sicily.

Proper noun

Giarratano (plural Giarratanos)

  1. A surname from Italian; a locative name derived from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa province, Sicily.

Forms of Giarratano

pluralGiarratanos

Origin of Giarratano

The Giarratano surname is derived from Italian Giarratana, a town in Ragusa, Sicily. The town name Giarratana comes from Cerretanum, as noted by Sicilian etymologist Michele Pasqualino. Giarratana or Cerretanum is from Italian cerro, from the Latin Quercus Cerris, meaning Turkey oak, Quercus cerris, due to the many oak trees in the area.. Gradually over time, Cerretanum changed to Giarratana, due to phonetic assonance.

Questions about Giarratano

What does Giarratano mean?
Giarratano means a surname from Italian; a locative name derived from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa province, Sicily.
What part of speech is Giarratano?
Giarratano is a proper noun.

Words near Giarratano in the dictionary

  1. giardiniera
  2. giardinieras
  3. Giardino
  4. Giardinos
  5. Giards
  6. Giarratano
  7. Giarratanos
  8. Giarrusso
  9. Giarrussos
  10. GIAs
  11. giaunt

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