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Montepeloso.

former name of Irsina (“a town in Basilicata”)

11 characters5 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

name/ˌmon.te.peˈlo.zo/

  1. former name of Irsina (“a town in Basilicata”)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Morphologically from monte (“mountain, mount”) + peloso (“hairy”), probably just an alteration of the original Latin name mōns (“mountain, mount”) + lapillōsus (“covered in pebbles”). The name of the town was changed in Irsina in 1895, probably to give a more pleasant and harmonious sound to it.

name/ˌmon.te.peˈlo.zo/

  1. a surname transferred from the place name

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Morphologically from monte (“mountain, mount”) + peloso (“hairy”), probably just an alteration of the original Latin name mōns (“mountain, mount”) + lapillōsus (“covered in pebbles”). The name of the town was changed in Irsina in 1895, probably to give a more pleasant and harmonious sound to it.

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