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Stragapede is decidedly Apulian, Del Barese, particularly present in Ruvo di Puglia and Bari, with significant attendance also in Modugno, Toritto, Gravina di Puglia, Barletta and Terlizzi, Strecapede, always Apulian, is almost unique, Stregapede has a small Stump in the Barese, especially in Bisceglie, and a stump in Rome, Stregapete is unique, could derive from the Italianization and subsequent dialectal alterations of the Greek word??????????? Stratopedon (Military camp), perhaps indicating the qualification of the founder of the head of a war force. Information provided by Giovanni Vezzelli the surname Pugliese Stragapede, of Origin dubbed, (Witch, Stracapede, Strecapede, Stregapede) is composed of the prefix ' stra ' from the Latin ' extra ' = off, indicating excess, redundancy, + ' Pede ' = foot. The meaning would therefore be: individual from the big foot. P. Minervini, Dictionary of the Surnames of Pugliesi, p. 470.
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