English Explanatory Dictionary

Catano

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Catano Catanos

Etymology

* As a southern Italian surname, variant of the personal name Caetano, see also Gaetano. * Also as an Italian surname, from Old Italian cattano (“captain”) (see modern capitana), making it a variant of Cattaneo. * As a Sicilian surname, variant of Cattano, from the noun cotone (“cotton”). Sometimes found in Spanish as Cataño.

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