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QUADRI | QUADRINI | QUADRINO | QUADRO

Quadri has a Lombard strain in Cornate d'adda, Milan, Vaprio d'adda, Trezzo Sull'adda, Pozzo d'adda and Monza in Milan, in Dalmine, Bottanuco, Chignolo D'isola. Almè and Seriate in the Bergamasco, and in Brescia, a log in Vicenza and the Vicentino, one in Bologna and in Bolognese, one in Florence, one in Rome and in Latina, Quadrini is typical of central Italy, in particular of Piceno, Ternano, Romano and Frusinate , Quadrino is typical of the Basso Lazio, of funds in the latinense in particular, very rare, it has a small strain in Alexandria, one in Naples and Casalnuovo of Naples, and one in Rossano in the Cosentino, could derive, directly or through hypochoristic , by names of localities containing the term framework, as to only equip of example of Todi in the Perugino or painting of Riano in the Roman, but it is also very probable that they derive from nicknames indicating in the heads of the small landowners, linked to the term Latin Quadrus or Quadrum (agricultural measure linked to the Roman centuriation), indicating a plot of land of almost always square shape, measuring two acres (measure corresponding to the arable land by a pair of oxen in a working day, about 2500square meters), which corresponded to a quadrangular field of about 700 meters on the side.

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


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Quadrini
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Nobility: Nobili
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