Chiarenza

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proper noun

Former name of Glarentza, a medieval Frankish fortress and town in Greece.

OriginItalian Chiarenza ← Latin clarentia →
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proper nounChiarenza (plural Chiarenzas)

plural Chiarenzas

  1. historicalFormer name of Glarentza, a medieval Frankish fortress and town in Greece.

    CHIARENZA, a port-town of the north-weſt coaſt of the Morea, oppoſite to the iſland Zant, in the Mediterranean, and ſubject to the Turks...

    1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183
  2. A surname from Italian

Origin

  1. Latinclarentia
  2. ItalianChiarenza
  3. EnglishChiarenza

From Italian Chiarenza, from chiarenza, via French from Latin clarentia, from clarus (“clear, bright, famous”) + -entia (“-ence: forming abstract nouns”).

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Chiarenza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chiarenza

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