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ZIRATTU

Zirattu is specific to Sassarese, Sassari and Ossi, should derive from a nickname originated from the archaic Sardinian term Zirattu (small jar or small Giara), perhaps indicating that the ancestor, of short stature, was plump.

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


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