Etymological origin of Italian surname: Corea

Etymological origin of Italian surname: Corea

COREA

Typical of Catanzaro and Sellia Marina (CZ), it could derive from a nickname originating from the Greek word create (meat), perhaps to indicate the profession of butcher. additions provided by Giovanni Verdegiglio, a common surname on the Sila plateau (much less on the coast of Catanzaro): it seems more likely to derive from the Greek choreos (artist-dance-dancer-ballad-performing person). additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Corèa is a Calabrian surname with a Greek surname ?????? (Coreas). Rohlfs, 86.

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