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Massidda is typical of Cagliari, Monserrato and Serri (CA), but it has significant primary stocks also in Scano Di Montiferro in the Oristano area, it should derive from nicknames originated from the Sardinian word massÃdda (jaw, jaw), traces of this surname can be found in the archive of the parish of Scano Montiferro (OR) since the end of 1600, in a recording of the year 1709 the burial in the church of San Nicola of a certain Francesca Massidda is mentioned. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas MASSIDDA: massidda or massìlla in the dialects of the central north is the jaw, jaw, cheek; from the Latin maxilla. In Campidano we generally use the term barra, with the same meanings as massidda. Barra comes from the Catalan "barra" and has no counterpart in Latin, but in Greek (see the surname Barra). The surname could designate
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