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SCIOSCIA

Very rare is typical of the area that includes Avellinese, Foggiano, Bari and Potentino, should derive from a dialect of the name Rosario. Integration and hypotheses provided by a visitor who prefers anonymity the surname Scioscia is widespread in Pescopagano in Basilicata where I find the most people with this surname exist. The surname should derive from the Hebrew word Shosha (which in Italian is spelled Scioscia) and which means pink. Integrations provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Sciòscia is present in Matera, Melfi, Pescopagano, Potenza; derives from the dialect word Calabrese Sciòscia (fondle)

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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