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PARAVATI | PARAVATO

Paravati seems specific to Calabria in the area of Petrizzi (CZ) and Catanzaro, with a stock in Val d'Ossola, Paravato, practically unique, it seems to be a transcription error of the first, should derive from the toponym Paravati in Catanzaro. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Paravati is a Calabrian surname that comes from the Greek 'paravatis' = violator, perjury. Rohlfs 199.

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


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