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[Surname] Surname Zasa
Zasa is an old surname spread in Sicily, Calabria and Basilicata. The original meaning is not sure. It has been found in Piana degli Albanesi, in Sicily in parish records dating back about XVIth and XVIIth century
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Not sure? so there are options? which are the alternatives?
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I note that this site -
http://www.cognomiitaliani.org/cognomi/cognomi0021ani.htm
lists ZAZA as an Apulian surname and a hypochoristic (i.e., childish pronunciation)form of Susanna.
So maybe Zasa is another form.
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thanks J.Y. that's a solution to the enigma!
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