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Subject: Re: Are these last names Posruguese?...
Author: kynaston   (guest, 82.43.161.164)
Date: April 9, 2005 at 11:17:15 AM
Reply to: Are these last names Posruguese?... by Laura
Fortuna is Portuguese and Italian. [denoting a gambler or a lucky person]
Damaso is Spanish and Portuguese. [derived from the personal name Dámaso which itself was derived from the Greek meaning "to tame"].

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