Absolutely rare, the undivided form is specific to the Messina area and should derive from the toponym Malfa (ME) on the island of Salina (one of the Aeolian), a name that probably derives from being this place a colony of ancient Amalfa or Amalfia, l present Amalfi (... Inde true Amalfia ab Amalfitanis est. named ...); there is also a hypothesis that proposes a derivation from the name of the Latin gens of the first century Amarphia, much less likely the theory that proposes a derivation from the Greek name Malfia (for example Malfia, daughter of the prince of Melitene, is remembered).
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