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Typical of the Salerno should derive from the fact of being the original family of the island of Procida. Additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Procida is the surname Campania and Sicilian from the toponym Procida (NA). The municipality has the same name as the island which, according to some geologists, was once one with Ischia and detached from it after earthquakes during the eruption of Epomeo, described by Strabo and Pliny. The etymology of the name remained unknown; You only read assumptions, old and recent. Considering the name according to the ancient Greek transcription, as it is read in Strabo, Prochùte, one can think of the possible derivation from the Greek verb ' prochéo ' in the figurative sense of "prosper" then "flourishing place".
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