Caliri is specific of Messina, of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in particular and of Messina, Falcone, Terme Vigliatore and Milazzo, with stocks also in Palermo and Catania, it could derive from a Greek nickname originating from the term kalion (potassium), perhaps to indicate that the ancestor's job was to extract the potash from the rock salt mines.
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