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SCILLAMA | SCILLAMA'

Both Scillama and Scillamà are absolutely rare, probably Sicilian, should derive from a dialect nickname originated from a truncated form of the medieval grecanic term scillamita for living in the city of Scilla in the Reggino, perhaps because the The founder came from that country.

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


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