English Explanatory Dictionary

Giarratano

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Italian; a locative name derived from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa province, Sicily.

Word forms

Giarratano Giarratanos

Etymology

The Giarratano surname is derived from Italian Giarratana, a town in Ragusa, Sicily. The town name Giarratana comes from Cerretanum, as noted by Sicilian etymologist Michele Pasqualino. Giarratana or Cerretanum is from Italian cerro, from the Latin Quercus Cerris, meaning Turkey oak, Quercus cerris, due to the many oak trees in the area.. Gradually over time, Cerretanum changed to Giarratana, due to phonetic assonance.

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