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Billi is typical of the area that includes the Bolognese, Romagna, Tuscany and Lazio, with a stock also in the Neapolitan, in the Palermo and in the Sassari areas, Billo is typical of the Veronese and Vicenza area, Billò, absolutely rare, has a stock in the Belluno and one in the Cuneo area, Billone is Sicilian, with a stock in Nicosia in the province of Enna, in Castel di Lucio in the Messina area and in Gangi in the Palermo area, i, almost unique, would appear to be northern, perhaps the result of a mistaken transcription of the previous one from part of registry officers accustomed to surnames ending with -i, could derive from dialectal modifications, even accretive, of the name Bellus, it is also possible that they derive from the apocope of medieval names such as Billiricus of which we have an example in a Brief investiture of 1122 a Pavia: "... Iamdicta pecia de prato cum area his iacet iusta Causta; coheret ei: de una ipsa Causta, of the land Armanni, de tercia Simeon Balbo, de fourth Billirici de Mangano ....", or even by toponyms co me Billi, the current Pennabilli (PU). additions provided by Franco Menci for the Tuscan variants you can also keep in mind the fact that in Tuscan the billo corresponds to the turkey.
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