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BUZANCA | BUZZANCA

Buzanca is practically unique, it should be an altered form of Buzzanca, which is typical of Sicily, with a large stock in the Messina area, at Gioiosa Marea, Patti and Montagnareale, and one in Palermo, should derive from a nickname originated from the Arabic term bu (father) and zaqq (oblong swollen, belly) and that in Maltese means bagpipe, perhaps attributed because the progenitor was the father of a very fat son or because he was himself the same.

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


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