Novara

Novara (a town and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno (a town and province of Italy)


Cosenza

From Latin Cōnsentia, Cosentia, from consentia.

Cosenza (a town and province of Calabria, Italy)


Enna

From Latin Henna or Haenna, of obscure origin. Originally known as Castrogiovanni from the local Sicilian Castrugiuvanni, from the Arabic name for it, قَصْر يَانِيّ (qaṣr yāniyy, “castle of John”), actually a corruption of Latin castrum ("fort") and Henna. The name was changed in 1927 under Mussolini.


Gorizia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

Gorizia (a town and comune, the capital of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)


Imperia

a town and province on the coast of Liguria, Italy


Isernia

Isernia (a town and province of Molise, Italy)


Lecco

From Latin Leucum, of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from or related to leux (“shining, white”).


Lodi

Was known in Latin in Roman times as Laus Pompeia or Laus Nova, from laus (“praise”) (genitive laudis), whence lode came in Italian.


Macerata

Probably from macerie (“rubble”), referring to the city's rebuilding after the Goths' destruction of Ricina.


Nuoro

Borrowed from Sardinian Nùgoro. Cognate with Sicilian Nùguru.

Nuoro (a town and province of Sardinia, Italy)


Ragusa

Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)


Rovigo

Rovigo (a province and town in Veneto, Italy)


Sondrio

Sondrio (a town and province of Lombardy, Italy)


Treviso

From Latin Tarvisium, Tarvisum, from the name of the Celtic tribe, Taurusci.

Treviso (a town and province of Veneto, Italy)


Vercelli

Vercelli (a town and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Viterbo

Viterbo (a province and town in Lazio, Italy)


Ventimiglia

a town in the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy


Asiago

a town near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy


Garda

a town in Verona, Veneto, Italy, on the shore of Lake Garda


Magenta

a town in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy


Sora

a large town in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy


Vinci

a small town in Tuscany, nearby which Leonardo da Vinci was born


Paola

a town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Capri

Ultimately from Latin Capreae, said to be from either.
* Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌀 (capra)
* Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”), who populated the island
* Latin capreae (“goats”), a doublet of the Greek word, with the Romans calling it "Goat Island."

der

Capri (an island and town in the region of Campania, Italy)


Amatrice

Use of the name dates back to the late 15ᵗʰ century, from earlier Matrice, likely through a rebracketing of la Matrice.

Vſcεndω fuor per un secrεtω bucω, / Che cωn la scorta della buona Euloga / Vi cωndurrá vicinω a l’Amatrice, / Ωve la voﬆra cωmpagnia v’aspεtta

1548 May, Gian Giorgio Trissino, “Vigesimoquarto libro [Twenty-fourth book]”, in L'Italia liberata da' Gothi [Italy freed from the Goths], Rome: Valerio e Luigi Dorici, page 124:

Coming out of a secret hole, which, with the escort of the good Euloga, will lead you nearby Amatrice, where your company awaits

Poſcia dalla Valle Caﬅellana […] ſi arriua al nobile caﬅello Amatrice poﬅo ſotto la fontana del Tronto

1550, Leandro Alberti, “Abruzzo - duodecima regione [Abruzzo - twelfth region]”, in Descrittione di tutta Italia [Description of all of Italy], Venice: Pietro dei Nicolini da Sabbio, published 1551, page 219:

Afterwards, from Valle Castellana, one arrives to the noble borough of Amatrice, located below the source of the Tronto

aggiunto di colpo, e preſo per traslato dalla robuﬅezza di que’ dell’Amatrice, luogo del noﬅro Abruzzo, donde vengono a noi, ed altrove de’ validi tagliatori di boſchi, che dan colpi di accettate formidali, onde andarono in prov. i colpi amatriciani

1789, “Matresciano”, in Vocabolario delle parole del dialetto napoletano [Vocabulary of the words of the Neapolitan dialect], volume 1, Naples: Giuseppe Maria Porcelli, page 220:

Said of a strike, and taken as a transferred sense from the strength of those of Amatrice, a place in our Abruzzo, whence—here and elsewhere—come skilled lumberjacks, who deliver formidable blows with the axe, whence the strikes of Amatrice became proverbial

a small town in Rieti, Lazio, also used absolutely as l'Amatrice


Nettuno

planets of the Solar System: pianeti del sistema solare: Mercurio · Venere · Terra · Marte · Giove · Saturno · Urano · Nettuno [edit]

a small coastal town in Lazio, Italy, site of an Allied landing during World War II


Adria

Adria (a town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name)


Arborio

Most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare Italian arboreo.

a town in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy, famous for its rice production


Montepulciano

monte + pulciano, personal name, from dialectal Pulsa, from Latin publicianus, variant of publicius, from publicus and ultimately Etruscan.


Taurasi

From Latin Taurasia, Taurasinus, from Oscan *ταυρο- (*tauro-, “bull”), from Proto-Italic *tauros, with the locative ending -asi. It is unclear whether this name is related to the place of the same name Taurasia founded in northern Italy by the Taurini, whose name could also come from the word for bull (via Celtic).


Barbaresco

a town in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont


Barolo

Possibly from a Celtic compound meaning “low place”. Cognate with Piedmontese Bareul.


Fano

a coastal town in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy


Scilla

From Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

a town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Grotte

From Vulgar Latin gruptae, from Latin cryptae, through the Sicilian Grutti.

a town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Faenza

From Latin Faventia, from faventia < favens.

a town in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, noted for its majolica pottery


Tirolo

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

a small town in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige


Corleone

From Sicilian Cunigghiuni or Curliuni, from Aragonese Coriglione or Conillon, from Norman Coraigliòn, from Latin Curilionum, from Arabic قُرْلِيُون (qurliyūn), from Ancient Greek Κουρουλλουνέ (Kouroullouné). Alternatively from Latin *Corleōne, from cor (“heart”) + leōnis (“of the lion”).

Κουρουλλουνέ

a small town in Sicily, home of an infamous Mafia family


Casale Monferrato

a small town in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy


Ercolano

Borrowed from Latin Herculaneum.
* (modern town in Campania): Used since 1969.


Otranto

From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs).

a town in the province of Lecce, Apulia, Italy


Gubbio

Inherited from Latin Iguvium, Eugubium, from Umbrian.


EUR

Originally an abbreviation for Esposizione Universale Roma, for which the town was constructed.


Bergamasco

From bergamasco (“of or related to Bergamo”).


Chioggia

From Latin Clodia (the settlement Clodia Maior or Fossa Clodia).


Urbe

From the river Orba, later reanalyzed as coming from Latin urbem, as above.


Massa

Massa Lubrense
Massa d'Albe
Massa di Somma

* The town is from Latin Massa.
* The surname is from several places such as Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma or Massa d'Albe, all from Latin massa (“lump, pile”).


Filadelfia

Filadelfia (a town and municipality of the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy)


Jesolo

Jesolo (a seaside resort town and comune on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in the Veneto region, Italy, north of Venice)


Mineo

a town in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Carrara

From the Roman name, derived from Latin Carrariae (“quarries”), from a Celtic word (likely Ligurian) *kar (“stone”).

a town in Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries


Norcia

a town in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy


Orvieto

From Latin Urbs Vetus (literally “old city”).


Alghero

Unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or Sardinian S'Alighèra, from aliga (“seaweed; rubbish”) + -era, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

bor

Alghero (a city and port town in Sardinia, Italy)


Sorrento

From Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

Sorrento (a town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy)


Abano Terme

From Aponus, an ancient venetian deity related to thermal waters.


Schio

Schio (a town in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)


Acri

Acri (a town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy)


Cervia

a town in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Corniglia

a small coastal town in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy


Ellera

a small town in Perugia, Umbria, situated adjacent to Chiugiana


Chiugiana

a small town in Perugia, Umbria, situated adjacent to Ellera


Fiesole

From Latin Faesulae, from Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌐𐌔𐌖𐌋 (vipsul).

a small town in Tuscany, Italy near Florence


Gaeta

→ English: Gaeta

→ French: Gaète, Gaëte

→ Greek: Γκαέτα (Gkaéta)

→ Sicilian: Gaeta

From Latin Caiēta, from the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

a coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy


Pratovecchio

From prato (“meadow”) + vecchio (“old, ancient”).


Sanza

a town in the province of Salerno, Campania


San Donà di Piave

a town in Venice, Veneto, Italy on the river Piave


Merano

a town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy near Bolzano


Asola

a small town in Lombardy, Italy near Mantua


Anzio

a small coastal town in Lazio, Italy, site of a crucial Allied landing during World War II


Belfiore

Borrowed from Venetan Belfior. Doublet of Bellofiore, which is from Sicilian Beḍḍuciuri.


Bobbio

a small town in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Bolsena

From Latin Volsĭ́nĭī, from Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌆𐌍𐌀 (velzna).


Bracciano

a hilltop town in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy


Caltagirone

The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).


Cancellara

a town in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy


Cannizzaro

Italianized form of Sicilian Cannizzaru, from Sicilian cannizzaru (“related to somewhere or someone related to reeds or wattle”), from cannizzu (“wattle”), from canna. The town in the province of Catania was named after the surname, when a local family bought the place as a personal fief.

a small town in Catania, Sicily, Aci Castello


Caravaggio

The painter was named after his family's place of origin.


Casale

(often in combination) any of several small towns in Italy


Chiavenna

a town in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy


Cortemaggiore

a small town in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna


Cortina

Cortina d'Ampezzo
w:it:Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo (a small alpine town in Belluno, Veneto, Italy)


Cortona

From Latin Cortōna, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌖𐌍 (curtun).


Fiumicino

it:Aeroporto di Roma-Fiumicino
it:Fiumicino


Grottaferrata

Abbazia di Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
it:Grottaferrata

From the name of the 11th-century Italo-Greek monastery Abbazia di Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, calque of Latin Abbatia Beatissimae Mariae Cryptaeferratae, a compound of crypta (“crypt”) + ferrata (“ironbound”), from the double iron bars over the windows of an early oratorio at the site, formerly a Roman tomb.

calque

a town in Roma, Lazio, Italy, near the site of ancient Tusculum


Ischia

The Campanian island is first attested as Early Medieval Latin Iscla, likely from Latin īnsula (“island”).

Ischia (a town and comune on the island of Ischia, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy)

Ischia di Castro
Ischia di Castro#Italian

Ischia (a town and comune of Lazio, Italy; in full, Ischia di Castro)


Laterza

a town in the province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy


Vanzago

a town in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy


Mentana

a town in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy


Modugno

a town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy


Monreale

From Latin mōns rēgālis (literally “royal mountain”).


Palmi

a small town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria


Pomezia

The name was borrowed from Latin Pōmētia, an ancient and disappeared Roman city.


Sanremo

From a contraction of Sant'Eremo (“Holy Hermitage”), through Ligurian San Reumo, Sanreumo. Mistaken in the past as deriving from the name of an elusive saint, san Remo, and therefore misspelled San Remo.

a town and comune of the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy


Spoleto

From Late Latin Spōlētum, a form of Latin Spōlētium.


Todi

From Latin Tuder, from Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌄 (tutere).


Volterra

From Latin Volaterrae, from Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌉 (velaθri).

a town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy


Carlino

a small town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia


Olbia

From Ancient Greek Ὀλβία (Olbía), possibly ultimately from Punic (the city contains Phoenician ruins).


Gattinara

a town in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy


Meda

a town in the province of Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy


Sappada

Of uncertain origin, possibly related to Zepodn, a name for the alpine pass of Cima Sappada, from German zum Boden (“(down) to the ground”), referring to the land's elevation.

unk

uncertain

Sappada (a small town in the province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)


Sabaudia

Founded in 1934, named after Casa Savoia, in honor of Margherita of Savoy. Learnt borrowing from the Latin name of Savoia, from the homonymous Sabaudia.


Recanati

From Latin Ricinetum, from ricinus (a plant) + the suffix -etum.


Bagnolo in Piano

a small town in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna


Canosa di Puglia

a town in Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy


Avezzano

Via Neapolitan, most likely from Latin Avidiānum, less likely from Latin ad + Vettiānum.

a town and comune of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy


Castiglione della Pescaia

Literally, “Fortress of the Weir”. See castiglione and pescaia.

a small town in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy


Longhena

a town in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy


Apecchio

a town in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy


Bormio

a small town in Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy


Castelsardo

a small town in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy


Cles

a small town in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige


Fabriano

A widespread folk etymology also represented in the town's coat of arms, derives it from Latin faber in Iānō, literally, “ironsmith on the Giano”, the town's river. Fabriano used to be famous for its quality ironsmithing during the Middle Ages.


Gallipoli

→ English: Gallipoli

→ Portuguese: Galípoli

From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).


Gemona

a town in the province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Maratea

The name of the town was first attested in 1079 as Marathia, probably from Ancient Greek μᾰ́ρᾰθον (mắrăthon, “fennel”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), since the place is abundant in fennels.

der

a town in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy


Muggia

a town in the province of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Nizza Monferrato

a town in the province of Asti, Piedmont, Italy


Nove

→ English: Nove

Meronym: Crosara (frazione)

Nove (a small town and comune of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)


Oderzo

From Latin Opitergium, borrowed through Venetan.


Ormea

Rhotacism of earlier Ulmea, which is still used in the local dialect, from Latin ulmēta (“elm woods”).

a town in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy


Pescia

From Lombardic *pehha. Cognate with German Bach and English beck.


Salò

English: Salo

From the Roman name, Latin Pagus Salodium, of uncertain ultimate origin. Some connect it to the name of an Etruscan queen [script needed] (Salodia); or from the noun sal (“salt”) (referring to its status as an economic capital where sea salt was deposited) or salus (“health”), referring to it being a location where Roman legions would bring wounded soldiers to recuperate during the Alpine conquest.

Salo (a small town in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy)


Sermoneta

a small town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy


Soresina

a small town in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy


Viadana

a town in the province of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy


Ortona

a town in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy


San Vito al Tagliamento

a small town in Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia


Cerignola

→ Catalan: xerinola

→ Spanish: chirinola

From Latin Cerina, related to Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture.


Bressanone

Brixen (a commune and town in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige)


Bronzolo

a small town in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige


Castellanza

a town in the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy


Erba

a town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy


Talamona

a small town in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy


Alcamo

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَامُوق (al-qāmūq).


Erice

Erice (a town and commune of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy)


Mascali

a town in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Aversa

a town in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy


Terracina

From Latin Terracīna, a variant of Tarracīna.

a town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy


Sona

a town in the province of Verona, Veneto, Italy


Pontecorvo

Morphologically from ponte (“bridge”) + corvo (“crow”), but the second element is just a corruption of the original word curvo (“curved, bent”).

a town in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy


Pozzuoli

From Latin Puteoli, cf. Neapolitan Pezzulo.


Casoria

a town in the province of Naples, Campania, Italy


Altamura

From alta ("high") + mura ("city walls").

a town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy


Molfetta

Maybe related to Latin Melphes, an ancient river of the Roman region of Lucania.


Manfredonia

From Manfredi (“a male given name”) + -onia (suffix forming place names), after Manfred, King of Sicily who founded the city in 1256 after the distruction of Sipontum.

suffix

a large town in the province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy


Trani

a town in Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy


Bitonto

a large town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy


Bagheria

From Sicilian Baarìa, of uncertain further origin. Derivation from Arabic بحرية (baḥriyya) is considered the most likely origin.

a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Bisceglie

a town in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy


Collegno

From Piedmontese Colègn, from Latin collēgium (“corporation, company”). Doublet of collegio, a borrowing from Latin.


Scandicci

Maybe from Latin scandula, a type of plant.


Battipaglia

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) + paglia (“straw”).

it-verb-obj

a town in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy


Scafati

From Latin scapha ("skiff"), because lots of these boats were used to navigate the near river Sarno.


Gallarate

From the Latin proper name Galerius + the suffix -ate.


Civitavecchia

From Civita + vecchia, literally “old city”.


Sacile

a town in Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Modica

Borrowed from Sicilian Mòdica, from Latin Motyca.


Naro

Disputed. Theorized origins include:
* Ancient Greek ναρόν (narón, “current”)
* Ancient Greek νηρόν (nērón) / νερόν (nerón), both meaning "water"
* Arabic نَهَر (nahar, “river”)

a town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Ostuni

a town in the province of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy


Loreto

a town in Ancona, Marche, Italy, famous for its sanctuary


Palmanova

a town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Albenga

a town in the province of Savona, Liguria, Italy


Piombino

Probably from Latin Populinum, diminutive form of Populonia, the nearby Etruscan city.


Narni

From Latin Narnia, from Nar (“the river Nera”).


Fossombrone

a town in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy


Dobbiaco

a town in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


Sutri

From Latin Sutrium, from Etruscan 𐌔𐌖𐌈𐌓𐌉 (suθri).


Noto

Borrowed from Sicilian Notu, from Latin Nētum, from Ancient Greek Νέητον (Néēton).


Licata

a large town in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Chiusi

From Latin Clusium, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌅𐌔𐌉 (clevsi).

a town in Siena province, Tuscany, Italy


Tarvisio

Tarvisio (a town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)


Voghera

From Latin Vicus Iriae, from the previous name Iria. Borrowed via Lombard.

a town in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy


Lentini

Borrowed from Sicilian Lintini, from Old Sicilian Liuntini, from Latin Leontini, from Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi, “the leonines”).


Locri

From Latin Locri, from Ancient Greek Λοκροί (Lokroí).

a town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Solferino

a small town in the province of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy


Venafro

a town in the province of Isernia, Molise, Italy


Sovana

From Latin Suāna, from Etruscan 𐌔𐌅𐌀𐌍𐌀 (svana).


Priverno

From Latin Prīvernum. Doublet of Piperno, which is a derived form, the old name of the town. The name was changed in 1927 to underline the Latin origin of the settlement.

a small town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy


Vieste

a town in the province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy


Lanciano

a town in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy


Ofena

a small town in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy


Assoro

From Latin Assōrus, from Ancient Greek Ἄσσωρος (Ássōros).


Gualdo Tadino

From gualdo (“wood, forest”) and Latin Tadinum.


Brescello

Reggio nell'Emilia
Reggio nell'Emilia#English

a town in Reggio nell'Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Forlimpopoli

a town in Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Cerda

a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Manzano

Praedial toponym, from Latin (A)mantius (“a personal name”) + -ānus.

a town in the province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Randazzo

a town in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Bova

a town in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Palazzolo

From Late Latin Palatiolum, from palatium (“a palace; large residence”) + -olum (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, palazzo + -olo. Cognate with Friulian Palaçûl e Palassôl, Lombard Palasöl, Piedmontese Palasseu, Romagnol Palazôl, Sicilian Palazzolu.

affix

Palizzolo (alternative)
Palazzuolo (alternative)

a town in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy: Palazzolo Acreide.


Fasano

Probably a praedial toponym, perhaps from Latin Fadius (“a personal name”) + -ānus.

a town in the province of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy


Masi

Patronymic/plural form of Maso, shortened from the personal name Tommaso, a from of Thomas.


Butera

a town in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy


Caggiano

Praedial toponym, from Latin Cāius + -ānus.

a town in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy


Gerace

From Latin Ierax, itself from Ancient Greek Ιέραξ (Iérax), the ancient name of the town.


Nicastro

From Medieval Latin Neocastrum (“new camp”), from Byzantine Greek Νεόκαστρον (Neókastron, “new castle”), a compound of νέος (néos, “new”) + κάστρον (kástron, “fort, castle”).

der

a town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy


Carini

From Latin Iccara + -ini, from earlier Hyccara, in turn derived from Ancient Greek Ὕκκαρα (Húkkara).


Gangi

Uncertain. Gangi is sometimes theorized to be the now lost Cretan city of Engyon, from Ancient Greek Ἒγγυον (Ènguon), which (if true) would imply the name is in some form derived from the Greek lemma.


Salemi

Borrowed from Sicilian Salemi, probably from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Cfr. Hebrew שלום (shalóm). Doublet of Sallemi and Salemme

a town in the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy


Bivona

Allegedly from "bis bona", compare earlier forms Bibona and Bisbona.

a town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Rutigliano

Praedial toponym, from Latin Rutilius + -ānus.

a town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy


Belcastro

From bel (“beautiful”) + castro (“castle”).

a town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Melfi

Said to be related to the name of the small nearby river Melpes, Melphes, mentioned by Pliny. According to De Giovanni this name is from a Mediterranean (possibly Italic, like the Oenotrians) substrate *melf, *melp, of uncertain meaning, but compare Melpis and Melpum.


Burgio

From Arabic بُرْج (burj, “tower”) + -io.


Furnari

Occupational surname from Late Latin furnārius (“baker”).


Tricarico

a town in the province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy


Badolato

Probably from Latin vadum (“ford”) + latus (“broad”).


Sinopoli

a town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Mangone

Most likely and in most cases, Mangone seems to represent a word that is widespread in the South of Italy for “left-handed” or “awkward.” In Calabria, it could also derive from the placename Mangone in the province of Cosenza, which in turn may represent L. mango, “slavetrader.” In some cases it could be related to the French surname Mangon, “butcher.” On the other hand, Michele Francipane in his Dizionario dei cognomi italiani (2005) connects Mangone unequivocally with It. mangano, "mangle," as it relates to the manufacture of cloth.


Brienza

a town in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy


Saviano

a town in the province of Naples, Campania, Italy


Sortino

a town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy


Pollina

Possibly from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía)


Caccamo

a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Maniago

a town in the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Maranello

English: Maranello

Maranello (a small town in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy); it is the home of the Ferrari racing car/race car factory and museum


Cinisi

Borrowed from Sicilian Cìnisi, from Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church”).


Lascari

Borrowed from Sicilian Làscari /Làschiri, from Arabic العَسْكَرِيّ (al-ʕaskariyy, “the army”), from the Arabic name مَدِينَة العَسْكَرِيّ (madīnat al-ʕaskariyy, “city of the army”). Doublet of ascaro.

der

العَسْكَرِيّ


Nicotera

a town in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy


Thiene

a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy


Tropea

From Ancient Greek τροπαίᾱ (tropaíā), feminine declension of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “turning away, averting”), especially in the sense πνοή τροπαία (pnoḗ tropaía, “an alternating wind, blowing back from sea to land”).


Bregnano

a small town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy


Fortunago

a small town in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy


Piubega

a small town in the province of Mantova, Lombardy, Italy


Palena

a town in Chieti province, Abruzzo, Italy


Savigliano

a town in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy


Montemurro

From Latin mōns (“mountain, mount”) + *murrum (“muzzle, snout; rocky mass, mound, hillock”).


Celano

a town in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy


Daverio

a town in the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy


Platania

a town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy


Fabro

The occupational surname is from fabro, variant of fabbro (“smith”).


Seminara

a town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Savoca

a town in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy


Tarsia

a town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Vizzini

Ultimately an evolution of Latin Bidis, the original name of the settlement.


Montefusco

a town in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy


Cantù

a town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy


Vernole

a town in the province of Lecce, Apulia, Italy


Russi

The surname is probably a southern variant of Rossi.

a town in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Maenza

a town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy


Montemagno

Compound of monte (“mountain, hill”) + magno (“great, mighty”).

com+

a town in the province of Asti, Piedmont, Italy


Siddi

a town in South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy


Caccuri

a town in the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy


Vermiglio

a town in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


Spinazzola

a town in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy


Pizzoni

a town in Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy


Camposano

a town in the province of Naples, Campania, Italy


Acquaro

a town in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy


Casamassima

a town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy


Monfalcone

Compound of monte (“hill, mountain”) + falcone (“falcon”).

a town in the province of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Castellaneta

a town in the province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy


Cornalba

a town in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy


Pescosolido

a town in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy


Acerenza

a town in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy


Demonte

a town in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy


Torraca

a town in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy


Regalbuto

a town in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy


Calatabiano

a town in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Custoza

Borrowed from Venetan Custoxa, from Latin custōdia (“protection, guardianship”).

der

a town in the province of Verona, Veneto, Italy


Bisignano

a town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Sersale

a town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy


Stroppiana

a town in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy


Futani

Futani (a town and commune of the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy)


Castrovillari

From Latin castrum (“castle, fort, fortress”) + vīllārum, genitive plural of vīlla (“country house; city”).


Gambatesa

Compound of gamba (“leg”) + tesa (“outstretched”).

com+

a town in the province of Campobasso, Molise, Italy


Visciano

a town in the province of Naples, Campania, Italy


Stenico

a town in the province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


Cassaro

Adapted from the toponym U Càssaru, from Sicilian càssaru; akin to cassero (“castle; keep, donjon”) and the older variant cassaro.

a town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy


Giovinazzo

a town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy


Capalbio

Likely from Capo d'Alveo (literally “head of riverbed”), from the name of a medieval castle built near a river.
Other theories derive it from Latin Caput Album (literally “white head”) or Campus Albus (literally “white field”), due to the presence of white alabaster in the area.

inh

a town and municipality of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy


Copertino

English: Cupertino


Pietralunga

Compound of pietra (“stone, rock”) + lunga (“long”).

com+

a town in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy


Matrice

[…] Alfonſo la recuperatione de la Marcha cõ ogni ſua induﬅria, e forza li promiſe, e Ciuita Ducata, Cumulo e la Matrice, terre di Abruzzo, à la chieſa reﬅitui.

a. 1504, Pandolfo Collenuccio, “Libro sesto [Sixth book]”, in Compendio delle historie del Regno di Napoli [Summary of the history of the Kingdom of Naples], Venice, published 1548, page 180:

Alfonso promised him the reclamation of the march through all of his skill and strength, and gave Civita, Ducata, Accumoli, and Amatrice—lands of Abruzzo—back to the church.

Superius quīntō mīliāriō pariter ad Troentī dexteram est Accumulum nōbile oppidum et item superius sub Troentī fonte est Amātrix oppidum

1542 [1474], “Regione V - La marca d'Ancona chiamata dagli antichi Piceno [Region 5 - The march of Ancona, called Picenum by the ancients]”, in Lucio Fauno, transl., Italia illustrata [Illustrated Italy], translation of Italia illūstrāta by Flavio Biondo (in Renaissance Latin), page 131; collected in Roma ristaurata et Italia illustrata, Venice, 1542:

Going up for five miles, still on the right bank of the Tronto, is another good land called Accumoli, and higher up, under where the Tronto begins, is the land [of] Amatrice

Mandarono Guido di Paolo Monteſperelli al Patriarca Vitelleſco […] a eſcuſarſi della paſſata di Franceſco Piccinino per il loro territorio; la partita del quale dal Contado di Siena, & il paſſaggio, ch’ei fece per lo Perugino, fu per andare a ſoccorrere la Matrice, ch’era aſſediata da Antognuccio dall’Aquila

1569–1594, Pompeo Pellini, “Libro duodecimo [Twelfth book]”, in Dell'historia di Perugia [On the history of Perugia], volume 2, Venice: Gio. Giacomo Hertz, published 1664, page 396:

They sent Guido di Paolo Montesperelli to patriarch Vitelleschi, to apologize for the passage through their territory of Francesco Piccinino, whose departure from the county of Siena, and the passage he made through the lands of Perugia, was in order to give aid to Amatrice, which was being besieged by Antonuccio of L'Aquila

ricorſe all’ajuto del Duca di Milano, e lo pregò per lettere, e per ambaſciate a far deviare le mire del Conte Franceſco Sforza. Coﬅui conquiﬅata Norcia, entrò nel Reame per la via d’Abruzzo, nel Giugno accordò la Matrice, ed Acumoli, ed altre Terre.

1758–1778, Anton Ludovico Antinori, chapter II (chapter 2), in Raccolta di memorie istoriche delle tre province degli Abbruzzi [Collection of historical memoirs of the three provinces of Abruzzo], volume 3, Naples: Giuseppe Campo, published 1782, Continuano le ostilità tra i due re [Hostilities between the two kings continue] (section 22), page 365:

He resorted to the help of the Duke of Milan, and begged him—through letters and messages—to drive Count Francesco Sforza elsewhere. He [Sforza], having conquered Norcia, entered the realm through Abruzzo; in June, he reconciled Amatrice, and Accumoli, and other lands.

obsolete form of Amatrice: a small town in Rieti, Lazio, Italy, usually used absolutely as la Matrice


Fontanarosa

From fontana (“fountain”) + rosa (“rose; pink”).

com

a town in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy


Gamberale

a town in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy


Aliano

a town in the province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy


Carmagnola

desctree

→ French: carmagnole
→ Albanian: karamanjollë (“guillotine”)
→ English: carmagnole
→ Greek: καρμανιόλα (karmanióla, “guillotine”)

a town in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Scanno

By folk etymology, often made to derive from Latin scamnum (“stool”).


Cisternino

a town in the province of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy


Arese

a town in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy


Torre del Greco

Torre del Greco (a town and comune of Naples, Campania)


Torre Annunziata

Literally, “Tower [of] Our Lady of the Annunciation”.

lit

Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata#English

Torre Annunziata (a town and comune of Naples, Campania)


Lavagna

a town in the province of Genoa, Liguria, Italy


Caltavuturo

a town in the province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Scordia

a town in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Campolattaro

a town in the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy


Calascibetta

Calascibetta (a small town in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy)


Loreggia

a town in the province of Padua, Veneto, Italy


Firenzuola

a town in the province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy


Zocca

a town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Leonforte

Compound of leone (“lion”) + forte (“strong”), in tribute of the founder's coat of arms, a lion holding a banner.

com+

a town in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy


Putignano

a town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy


Roccabianca

Compound of rocca (“fortress, stronghold”) + bianca (“white”).

a town in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Sommacampagna

Compound of somma (“highest, greatest”) + campagna (“countryside; farmland”).

a town in the province of Verona, Veneto, Italy


Leverano

a town in the province of Lecce, Apulia, Italy


Briatico

From Byzantine Greek Ευριατικόν (Euriatikón).

a town in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy


Miglionico

a town in the province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy


Barlassina

a town in the province of Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy


Spotorno

From Medieval Latin Spelturnum, perhaps a derivation from spelta (“spelt”), indicating a place where this cereal was cultivated.

a town in the province of Savona, Liguria, Italy


Capranica

a town in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy


Sambiase

a town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy


Agerola

a town in the province of Naples, Campania, Italy


Lagonegro

Compound of lago (“lake”) + negro (“black”).

a town in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy


Omegna

a town in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy


Solagna

a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy


Zoagli

a town in the province of Genoa, Liguria, Italy


Garlasco

a town in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy


Angri

a town in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy


Lacedonia

a town in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy


Amendolara

From Vulgar Latin *(a)mendula (“almond”) + -ara, denoting an area rich in almond trees.


Trebisacce

Morphologically from tre (“three”) + bisacce (“haversacks”), however this is just a corruption of Greek τραπεζὰκιον (trapezàkion), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”), denoting a flat area surrounded by elevations.


Brisighella

a town in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Trasacco

From Latin trans (“between”) + aquas (“waters”).

a town in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy


Gibellina

a town in the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy


Pulsano

a town in the province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy


Scorrano

Praedial toponym, from Latin Scurra + -ānus.

a town in the province of Lecce, Apulia, Italy


Mercogliano

A praedial toponym, from the Latin name Mercurius + -ānus.


Favara

From Arabic فَوَّارَة (fawwāra, “fountain, sparkling spring”), in reference to a local spring.

der

a town in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Moscufo

a town in the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy


Candelo

a town in the province of Biella, Piedmont, Italy


Grassano

Probably a praedial toponym, from the Latin cognomen Crassus + -ānus.

a town in the province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy


Melilli

a town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy