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[quote="liviomoreno"]The closest is: Zagaria (cognome pugliese dalla forma base Zagari che deriva dal siciliano 'zagara' < arabo 'zahr' = fiore dell'arancio e di altri agrumi profumatissimi) - http ...

[quote="Cathy"]Looks like a very rare name in the Piemonte region. Look [url=http://www.gens.info/italia/it/turismo-viaggi-e-tradizioni-italia?cognome=ZAGARE&x=23&y=7]here[/quote]

Yes, I have seen ...

I just came across a new name in my research: ZAGARE. What is the history on this name? It's the first time I have ever seen this name in any line of research. Has anyone else ever seen this one befor ...

Yes, I have already learned that the name means lighthouse. I was curious as to the linguistic origins of the name. Because it has numerous possible origins, I wondered if the Italian name came from I ...

[quote="jack182183"]Ventura means good luck in Italian. The surname itself comes from the first name of "Bonaventura" which has old french origins. It was given as a nickname to someone who enjoyed ...

That could be helpful eventually, if I wanted to contact distant family in Italy, but for now I am actually interested in the linguistic origins of the name.

I've been really looking into the history of last names in my family tree lately (I had posted something on the VENTURA surname here recently) and I had come across a new family name in my research, s ...

My VENTURA line comes from Calabria. My great-grandfather Francesco PATAFIO was from Reggio Calabria (according to his naturalization papers). His mother was Lucia VENTURA.

Does anyone know of the origins of the VENTURA surname in Calabria? I found this family name a while back, and it has opened up a never-ending trail of research. Some places say the name is Italian, o ...