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CHEBARO | CHIBARO | CHIBBARO

Chebaro seems to be unique and is probably due to a transcription error of Chibbaro that together with the much rarer Chibaro is specific to Sicily, and in particular to the Agrigento and Palermo areas, they should all derive from the Arabic name Akbar (the great one), we remember with this name the great Persian Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (1542 - 1605) conqueror of India and who is considered the most important emperor of the Mogul Empire. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Chibbaro is a Sicilian and Calabrian surname that comes from the Sicilian word 'chibbu' = club, circle. Rohlfs 75. (ed. ???)

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


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