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galvano

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
gal-vano
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Italian

Etymology

From Italian Galvano, from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvao, Galvan, and Galvani.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Galvano, Galbanus, -

Questions

What does galvano mean?
A surname from Italian
Where does galvano come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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