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CALIO | CALIO'

Calio, much rarer, is from Catania, Caliò is very widespread in Calabria, in particular in Catanzaro, but still well present in Rossano in the Cosenza area, with presence also in Caraffa of Catanzaro, Botricello and Girifalco in Catanzaro and in Crotone, and in Sicily, especially in Naso and Capo d'Orlando in the Messina area, with a small stock also in the Catania area of Ramacca and Catania, should derive from the Greek name Kalliòn (more beautiful), or from the name of the city of Kallion in Etolia (in Greece), or even from the Greek surname Kalliòs.

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


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