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CANAL | CANALE | CANALI

Canal is typical of the Triveneto, of the Trevisano and of the Bellunese in particular, but also of the Venetian, of the Trentino and of the Gorizia, Canale is present in all Italy, Canali is more typical of the central north, derive, directly or through a dialectal modification , from toponyms such as Canale (TR) - (CN) - (AV) - (BL) - (GE) - (RM) - (TN) - (BO), or from the fact that the fgamiglia lived near or on the banks of a channel.

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


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