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Subject: Re: Brasilian or Portugues surnames
Author: Menke   (guest, 84.80.142.26)
Date: August 2, 2005 at 2:37:26 AM
Reply to: Brasilian or Portugues surnames by Agostinho Motta
Costinho could be from Costa which means "coast"
Caetano seems to me very similar to Gaetano, which is a first name, so this one would be patronymic.

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