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Pages in category "Italian feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 226 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
In historical Sicilian folklore, the doñas de fuera would make contact with humans, mostly women deemed to have “sweet blood”, whom they took to Benevento ("the Blockula of Sicily" [1]), by mounting them on magical, flying goats. The fairies were called doñas de fuera, which was also a name for the women who associated with them. They ...
Sicilian Catholics. For Catholics in Sicily, the Virgin Hodegetria is the patroness of Sicily. The Sicilian people are also known for their deep devotion to some Sicilian female saints: the martyrs Agatha and Lucy, who are the patron saints of Catania and Syracuse respectively, and the hermit Saint Rosalia, patroness of Palermo. Sicilian people ...
Salvatore Lo Piccolo (born 1942), also known as the Baron (il Barone), Sicilian mafioso Salvatore Lorusso (fl. 1970s–2020s), Italian chemist and art historian Salvatore Lucania (1897–1962), also known as Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano, Sicilian-American mafioso
Frank Capra, Sicilian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Maria Grazia Cucinotta , actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, and internationally known for her role in the Italian film Il Postino .
In Italian, Simone is a masculine name or patronymic surname, pronounced with three syllables, whilst the feminine form Simona is widespread throughout Europe. [2] [3] In French and English Simone is a feminine name, pronounced with two syllables, whilst its masculine form in both languages is Simon/Simeon. Additionally, Simone, as a feminine ...
The title Princess of Sicily and the use of the style "Royal Highness" has generally been restricted to the following persons: the legitimate daughters of a Sovereign of Sicily, the legitimate male line female descendants of a Sovereign of Sicily, the wife of a Prince of Sicily.