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giarratano

/dʒˌɑɹətˈɑnoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gi-a-r-ratano
IPA
/dʒˌɑɹətˈɑnoʊ/
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Giarratanos (plural)

Rhymes With

nano soprano milano kano luciano mano chicano delano serrano solano americano napolitano

Questions

How do you pronounce giarratano?
The recorded pronunciation is /dʒˌɑɹətˈɑnoʊ/.
What does giarratano mean?
A surname from Italian; a locative name derived from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa province, Sicily.
Where does giarratano come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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