Word origins

• RufoA surname from Italian or Spanish.
• mezzalunaA crescent-shaped steel blade attached to a wooden handle, used to chop food.
• PusateriA surname from Italian.
• LettieriA surname from Italian.
• RomagnoliA surname from Italian.
• FrezzaA surname from Italian.
• spumanteAny of several Italian sparkling wines, some of which are made using the méthode champenoise.
• CenciA surname from Italian.
• RaffaA surname from Italian.
• ariettaa short aria.
• MascoloA surname from Italian.
• vitelliA surname from Italian.
• SalemiA surname from Italian.
• ariosoA musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria.
• FaraciA surname from Italian.
• GualtieriA surname from Italian.
• ForgioneA surname from Italian.
• SistiA surname from Italian.
• pardiA surname from Italian.
• SaittaA surname from Italian.
• BonelloA surname from Italian.
• PerinoA surname from Italian.
• BucciarelliA surname from Italian.
• DeFioreA surname from Italian.
• DiIulioA surname from Italian.
• MoscoA surname
• CurciA surname.
• CirincioneA surname from Italian.
• LollobrigidaA surname from Italian.
• FieriA surname from Italian.
• PortelliA surname from Italian.
• PanepintoA surname from Italian.
• FrattoA surname from Italian.
• SiragusaA surname from Italian.
• LippaA surname from Italian.
• vagaryAn erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
• FranzeseA surname from Italian.
• arrivedercifarewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)
• DiClementeA surname from Italian.
• TassoneA surname from Italian.
• RioloA surname from Italian.
• FalvoA surname from Italian.
• MerolaA surname from Italian.
• CapizziA surname from Italian.
• MadiaA surname from Italian.
• LubranoA surname from Italian.
• ArdolinoA surname from Italian.
• VincentiA surname from Italian.
• CamardaA surname from Italian.
• RovignoRovinj
• GuidottiA surname from Italian.
• CammarataA surname from Italian.
• VolponeA surname from Italian.
• LaroccoA surname.
• portafilterA holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.
• TomasuloA surname from Italian.
• consigliereA counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses.
• paparazzoA freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.
• MorgantiA surname from Italian.
• ScuderiA surname from Italian.
• MantiaA surname from Italian.
• FucciA surname from Italian.
• agitatoA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a restless agitated style.
• RanalliA surname from Italian.
• ParlatoA surname from Italian.
• PreziosoA surname from Italian.
• PreziosiA surname from Italian.
• TorchiaA surname from Italian.
• PedoneA surname from Italian.
• LibertoA surname from Italian.
• BriatoreA surname from Italian
• ColaiacovoAn Italian surname
• FalconiA surname from Italian.
• ZuccoA surname.
• SchiroA surname from Italian.
• quattrocentoThe 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
• BarzanA surname from Italian.
• EvolaA surname from Italian.
• DelucchiA surname from Italian.
• StefanelliA surname from Italian.
• RenzulliA surname from Italian.
• TontiA surname from Italian.
• salameA surname from Arabic.
• SantarelliA surname from Italian.
• RispoliA surname from Italian.
• orchideaSynonym of orchid.
• ossiaIn a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The alternative may be an easier version of a particularly difficult passage, or a more difficult version of a passage.
• DeLisaA surname from Italian.
• PaoneA surname from Italian.
• DebonoA surname from Italian.
• CafieroA surname from Italian.
• AcamporaA surname from Italian.
• piccataSliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce.
• FalzoneA surname from Italian.
• PlazzaA surname from Italian.
• SalomoneA surname from Italian.
• PiccirilliA surname from Italian.
• ZulloA surname from Italian.
• SavianoA surname from Italian.
• GilardiA surname from Italian.