feminine Amalfia

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Origin:
latin
Name Root:
Melfi / Amalfi
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The origin of this name is still today quite uncertain. The theories include: 1) The toponym has Latin origins, and it would arise or from Melfi, a Lucan city whose refugees landed on the Amalfi coast by founding the town, or from the “Amarfia gens,” a Roman Family. 2) According to the Chronicon Amalphitanum, the village of Amalfi was founded by a group of Romans who, directed to Constantinople, had wrecked the coasts of Puglia; Then, having founded Melphi (now Melfi). The Duchy of Amalfi (Italian: Ducato di Amalfi) or the Republic of Amalfi (Italian: Repubblica di Amalfi) was a de facto independent state centered on the Southern Italian city of Amalfi during the 10th and 11th-centuries. In the 1920s and 1930s, Amalfi was a popular holiday destination for the British upper class and aristocracy.

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