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Re: Coiro

by meaning of coiro (guest)

5/2/2006, 5:06 PM

Italian: metonymic occupational name for a tanner or leatherworker, from old Italian coiro ‘leather’, Sicilian coiru. Compare Corio.

- M.Sagani (guest)

5/4/2006, 2:06 AM

Now in Italy this surname is spread on the area of Potenza and the nearby province of Salerno.

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