Scozzafava

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Italian

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Etymology

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Occupational surname for someone whose job was shelling fava beans, from Old Italian scozzare (to shell, peel) +‎ fava (fava bean).

Proper noun

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Scozzafava m or f by sense

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Further reading

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