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Paparella

Paparella proper noun: a surname from Italian.

Proper noun

Paparella (plural Paparellas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of Paparella

pluralPaparellas

Origin of Paparella

Borrowed from Italian Paparella and/or from the Italianization of Sicilian Papareḍḍa (“little duck”).

Questions about Paparella

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

Words near Paparella in the dictionary

  1. paparazzo
  2. paparazzos
  3. paparchies
  4. paparchy
  5. papare
  6. Paparella
  7. Paparellas
  8. papas
  9. papasan
  10. papasan chair
  11. papasan chairs

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