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PASSAFARI | PASSAFARO

Passafari, absolutely rare, is characteristic of Catanzaro, Passafaro is specific to the province of Catanzaro, Borgia, Catanzaro, Girifalco, Soverato and PetronĂ , they should derive from a Greek nickname, with the meaning of the one who transports everything, probably indicating the job of the founders.

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


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