Rijitanu

Sicilian

Alternative forms
  • Rejitanu (ɛ-coloured variant, dialectal)
  • Reitanu, Riitanu (simplified orthography, dialectal)

Etymology

Surname derived from the demonym rijitanu (now mostly subseded by riggitanu), from Late Latin rhēgītanus (attested in the 5th-century De haeresi et historia Eutychiana), from Rhēgium +‎ -ītānus, ultimately from Latin Rhegium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʐɪ.ɪˈta.nʊ/ (standard)
  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ji‧tà‧nu

Proper noun

Rijitanu m

  1. a habitational surname
    Synonym: Rejitanu

Descendants
  • → Italian: Reitano
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