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Ultimately from Italian buona (“good”) and parte (“part, share, portion”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Full definition →
Ultimately from Italian buona (“good”) and parte (“part, share, portion”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.