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[Surname] Re: Surname Misirlis
I think it is greek. I wonder if it is similar to the italian surname MESITI (Messitis?) coming from calabrian greek dialects.
Mesiti means in regional italian "middleman"Somebody will explain better than me.
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Misirlis is a really greak name derived from Turkish "misirli" which means "Egyptian".
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Misirlis is really a Greak name derived from Turkish "misirli" which means "Egyptian" (definitely not Gypsy).
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In fact there is a popular Greek song called...Misirlou ("the girl from Eqgypt"), whose twangy US adaptation bacame the soundtrack of "Pulp Fiction" :)
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