"Gallina" meaning in Italian

See Gallina in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From gallina (“hen”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for someone who had a henhouse. Otherwise – with the same explanation – an adapted borrowing from Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina. Etymology templates: {{bor|it|scn|Gaḍḍina}} Sicilian Gaḍḍina Head templates: {{it-proper noun|mfbysense}} Gallina m or f by sense
  1. a surname Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
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