The meaning of names among Mediterranean Jews
Marc Eliany
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ANCONA
Anconina
among other possible variations depending on the country and language of the
person.
The
name Ancona and Anconina are rare names in the repertoire of names reviewed
here. The name is of Italian origin, refering to a location/origin.
Anconina is a diminutive of Ancona, refering to the son or grandchild of Ancona.
Prefixes
attached to the root name such as (aben, iben, abi, avi, am, ben, bin,
abou, a, aj, al, bel, i, la, lel, me, m, o, wi, vi, ) denotes usually a relation
to a person, i.e., the father of or the son of X, a place, i.e., a person
from X, an occupation, i.e., a person who practices a specific occupation, a
characteristic of a person, i.e., beautiful... The prefixes al, el are equivalent
to 'the' in English or the article 'le' in French. In the Moroccan Berbers tradition,
prefixes such as 'wi' 'vi' 'i' means usually a family relationship to X, the
equivalent of Abu in Arabic, i.e., 'the father of', 'son of' a man, a tribal
affiliation and so forth.In
the Hebrew tradition, the prefix ‘M ‘ is an abbreviation of
the word 'from.'
Suffixes such as 'illo' 'ano' 'ino'
ANCONINA
Richard (1953-). France (Paris). Actor. Appeared in Une pierre dans la bouche
(A stone in the mouth).
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Azoulay, Hayim Yossef Shem Hagdolim (the names of the great)
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