Musumarra

Italian

Etymology

A surname found in Sicily, perhaps from Arabic مِسْمَار (mismār, “nail, pin, peg”), probably used as a nickname for a lean or lanky person.

Proper noun

Musumarra m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Arabic [in turn transferred from the nickname]

Further reading

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