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Subject: Re: My Surname
Author: Reg Niles   (guest, 205.188.209.109)
Date: October 17, 2002 at 2:51:57 AM
Reply to: My Surname by Heather
I don't know anything about the surname, but I consulted the Hungarian-English part, vol. II, page 180 of “A Dictionary of the Hungarian and English Languages,” by Arthur B. Yolland, published 1924. It defines the word

Paszat, n. = maszat.

Page 49: Maszat, n. stain; blot : dirt . . .

Reg Niles
RegNMINiles@cs.com

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