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Three strains are identified, one in the province of Sassari, one in the Lecce area and one in the Udine area, the latter probably being an Italianization of the Slovenian surname Kos, very widespread. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Cossa is a Sardinian surname that can correspond to the feminine of the Cossu / a ethnic group = Còrso / a, meaning "native of Corsica", which derives from the Latin 'Corsus-a'; or to the noun 'cossa / coscia' = thigh, which comes from the Latin 'coxa'. M. Pittau, Dictionary of Surnames from Sardinia, 1, p. 248 additions provided by Giuseppe Concas COSSA: cossa, in the central dialects is the thigh; cóscia (with o open), in Campidanese; coxa in Latin. The term coscèri is synonymous with feminàxu, bagassèri = womanizer. At Ploaghe is cossas, they are the bronze bells of cows. We find the surname in the ancient documents of the Sardinian language. In the Condaghe of San Nicola di Trullas, CSNT, XIth, XIIIth century, there are: Cossa Maria and Cossa Petru (163), in a division of lands and servants between Preziosa de Athen and San Nicola: .parcivimus nos paris sa domo d'Olvesa (probably in the countryside of Trullas), a boluntade de pare.Ego (Petru, prior of S. Nicola), levai latus (half, of the service) of Iusta de Ribu, et pede (a third) de Maria Cossa et pede de Sistu su fiiu; .Et remanserunt in common latus de Margarita and pede de Palma and pede de Sthefano de Silki et pede et duas dies de Pisana, and duas dies de Guantine Cocone et duos (?) dies de Petru Cossa (which also it still turns out to be a child). Currently the surname Cossa is present in 206 Italian Municipalities, of which 30 in Sardinia: Sassari 65, P. Torres 15, Sestu 12, etc. It is present in almost all Italian regions. In the peninsula we find the most consistent stocks in Puglia (Lecce and prov.) And in Lombardy (Milan and prov.). Here too the meaning remains that of thigh (lat. Coxa). In medical terminology the term cossalgia remained, for coxalgia, to indicate hip pain.
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