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NOSTRANI

Nostrani, almost unique, would seem to be from Brescia, it should derive from a fairly recent nickname deriving from the local semi-dialectal term (of ours, fellow citizens), probably indicating that the family was identifiable not as a stranger, but as a countryman.

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


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