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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Sano is a Japanese surname is it not?


7 posted on 06/16/2024 11:26:02 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Hispanic.


8 posted on 06/16/2024 11:26:24 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Morgana; Harmless Teddy Bear
I don't think Hispanic.

Surname "Sano" from the Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022:

  1. Japanese: written 佐野 ‘small field’. This name is found throughout Japan. The first element in fact means ‘help’ and is used phonetically. Some bearers have samurai connections.
  2. Italian: nickname from sano ‘healthy’ (from Latin sanus).
  3. Italian: from a short form of any of several adjectival habitational names formed with the ending -sano, as for example Formisano or Palmisano. Compare Di Sano.
Some characteristic forenames: Japanese Hiroshi, Kazuhiko, Masaaki, Tomomi, Yumiko, Akira, Chiharu, Katsuhiko, Masashi, Takuya, Toru, Yuichi. Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Pietro, Nunzio.
9 posted on 06/16/2024 11:32:22 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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