Etymology

Laguardia

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Today it means: A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian]. Full definition →

Spanish Laguardia ← Italian Laguardia ← Sicilian La Guardia
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The story

  1. Sicilian · derived fromLa Guardia“the guard”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromLaguardia
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromLaguardia
  4. English todayLaguardia

From Romance languages * From Spanish Laguardia, from guardia (“guard”) * From Italian Laguardia, from Sicilian La Guardia (“the guard”).

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