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| | {{Cquote|Interestingly, speakers of American English use the [ʒ] sound only in words borrowed from French, ...}} | | {{Cquote|Interestingly, speakers of American English use the [ʒ] sound only in words borrowed from French, ...}} |
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| − | *Zunino. Usage: Italian. Derived from the given name Giovanni. | + | * Zunino. Usage: Italian. Derived from the given name Giovanni. |
| − | | + | * Albanian: zhurmë [ʒuɾmə] meaning ''"noise"''. |
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| | (c) Surname: VELLA from Sicily ''taken'' from [http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.italy.sicilia.general/1139/mb.ashx ancestry.com] | | (c) Surname: VELLA from Sicily ''taken'' from [http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.italy.sicilia.general/1139/mb.ashx ancestry.com] |
| | (d) Like so many Maltese surnames, the name Vella is ultimately of Italian origin. In this instance, the name is variant of more well-known surname Bella and is derived from the Calabrian and Sicilian. ''taken'' from [http://www.searchmalta.com/surnames/vella/index.shtml www.searchmalta.com] | | (d) Like so many Maltese surnames, the name Vella is ultimately of Italian origin. In this instance, the name is variant of more well-known surname Bella and is derived from the Calabrian and Sicilian. ''taken'' from [http://www.searchmalta.com/surnames/vella/index.shtml www.searchmalta.com] |
| − | * Albanian: zhurmë [ʒuɾmə] meaning ''"noise"''.
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| | ==Surnames on the west end of the island around Xuvella's arrival== | | ==Surnames on the west end of the island around Xuvella's arrival== |
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| | *de '''Giunio''' ''(Croatisation:Đunio)'' | | *de '''Giunio''' ''(Croatisation:Đunio)'' |
| | + | *de '''Arneri''' |
| | + | *de '''Canavel''' ''or'' Kanavelić |
| | + | *Nikonitia ''or'' Nikoničić ''(according to Zvonko Maričić this is a Croatian family)'' |
| | + | * Kolović |