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CABIGIOSO | CABIGIOSU

Cabigioso, practically unique, is from Sassari, Cabigiosu is specific to Sassari and Ploaghe in the Sassari area, they should derive from a nickname originated from the Sardinian term cabigiu (nipple), meaning that the progenitor probably had very protruding capessoles.

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


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