How to pronounce Laricchiuta?

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Pronunciation of Laricchiuta in Cuneo, CN, Italy

Lah-reek-KEW-tah


Type of Name:

Last name

Language:

Italian

Alternate Spelling(s):

Larecchiuta

Meaning:

Southern Italian for "The woman with remarkable ears"

Additional Information:

An Italian surname clearly originating from a physical feature in an ancestor.

"The woman with remarkable ears" in standard Italian would be "la orecchiuta", from "orecchio" (sometimes spelt "orecchia"), ear. In most southern Italian dialect "orecchia" becomes "recchia" or "ricchia", so:

La orecchiuta -> La ricchiuta -> Laricchiuta


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