Category Archives: Abitudini
The Two Women who Defied Organized Crime
(Abstracted from a lengthy article in the New Yorker entitled “The Women Who Took on the Mafia”) Once considered little more than a group of country bandits in the Calabrian region of Italy, after the 1990s the ‘Ndrangheta (pronounced “n-drahng-ghe-ta”) … Continue reading
Una Storia Breve sui Cognomi Italiani
Oggi ci sono oltre 300.000 cognomi in Italia senza contare i nuovi introdotti attraverso l’immigrazione. Non è possibile calcolarne il numero con esattezza perché nel tempo alcuni nomi si sono estinti e altri se ne sono formati—spesso a causa di … Continue reading
A Brief History of Italian Surnames
Today there are more than 300,000 traditional surnames in Italy not counting new ones introduced through immigration. A precise calculation is impossible because over time some become extinct and others are formed—often from transcription errors in the registry offices. The … Continue reading
