Rijitanu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • Rejitanu (ɛ-coloured variant, dialectal)
  • Reitanu, Riitanu (simplified orthography, dialectal)

Etymology

Surname derived from the demonym rijitanu (now mostly subseded by riggitanu), from Late Latin rhēgītanus (attested in the 5th-century De haeresi et historia Eutychiana), from Rhēgium +‎ -ītānus, ultimately from Latin Rhegium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐːɪ.ɪˈta.nʊ]
  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ji‧tà‧nu

Proper noun

Rijitanu m

  1. a habitational surname
    Synonym: Rejitanu
  • acitanu
  • Caitanu
  • napulitanu
  • palirmitanu
  • parmitanu
  • salirnitanu
  • xacchitanu

Descendants

  • → Italian: Reitano
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