e/Quaranta

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has gloss	eng: Quaranta (forty in Italian). The Quaranta family is an ancient and noble Italian family, with its origin in Scandinavia, established at the end of the 11 century in the district of Salerno. This surname now has roots that spread all over the world. When researching the Quaranta name, several different variations of the name can be found. Language changes and carelessness contributed to this, as did high instances of illiteracy contributed to the numbers of ways a name may have been spelled and articulated. Many times a town clerk would spell names the way they sounded. Because of this, surname dictionaries list such spelling variations as Quarantelli, Quaranti, Quatanto, Quarantas, Quartarara, and Quartararo which all stem from the root surname Quaranta.
lexicalization	eng: Quaranta
instance of	c/Italian families

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Die Familie Quaranta ist eine normannische Familie aus Salerno. Der Name Quaranta (auf italienisch Vierzig) wurde von den 40 normannischen Rittern abgeleitet, die vom Kreuzzug zurückkehrend, die Stadt Salerno vor der Belagerung der Mauren befreiten. Dies geschah während der Regierung von Guaiumarius IV. im 11. Jahrhundert. Die Familie breitete sich in Rom, Neapel und Sizilien aus.
lexicalization	deu: Quaranta
French
has gloss	fra: * Bernardo Quaranta (1796-1867) est un archéologue italien. * Raphaël Quaranta (né en 1957) est un footballeur et entraîneur belge. * Ivan Quaranta (né en 1974) est un coureur cycliste italien. * Santino Quaranta (né en 1983) est un footballeur américain.
lexicalization	fra: Quaranta

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