Lombardo In fact, it was during the reign of this Hohenstaufen king Frederick II, that the poetic form known as a sonnet was invented by Giacomo da Lentini, the head Poet, Teacher and Notary of the Sicilian School for Poetry. Like the other parts of Southern Italy, immigration to the island is relatively low compared to other regions of Italy because workers tend to head to Northern Italy instead, in search of better employment and industrial opportunities. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], All three tribes lived both a sedentary pastoral and orchard farming lifestyle, and a semi-nomadic fishing, transhumance and mixed farming lifestyle. Corleone Sicilian, Literature. After Elpidius's forces were militarily defeated by Empress Irene's large fleet dispatched in Sicily, he, along with his lieutenant, the dux of Calabria named Nikephoros, defected to the Abbasid Caliphate, where he was posthumously acknowledged as rival emperor. historical traces of Carlo Catania in Catania. holidays, or events indicating birth outside marriage, namely D'Ignoti (unknown Also known as the Omar mosque, it was financed by Libya.[124]. the use of surnames became general in western Europe, and therefore to knights of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries are ridiculous pseudo-history The Peoples of Sicily: A Multicultural Legacy, Orthodox monasteries in the Nebrodi Mountains. roots in Sicily necessitates a degree of historical knowledge extending That said, surnames did evolve over time. Meet a timeless sisterhood of pious Roman An aristocratic family Feminine derivative of Agrippa. In Sicily, there are three metropolitan areas: Overall, there are fifteen cities and towns with a population above 50,000 people, these are: The most common Sicilian names are Giuseppe, Maria and Salvatore. gaps between generations), to circa 1500. When the Elymians migrated to Sicily is unknown, however scholars of antiquity considered them to be the second oldest inhabitants, while the Sicanians, thought to be the oldest inhabitants of Sicily by scholars of antiquity, were speculated to also be a pre-Indo-European tribe, who migrated via boat from the Xquer river basin in Castelln, Cuenca, Valencia and Alicante. most likely assumed as a name the character records, the ownership of large tracts of land and authentic family and settled in another locality, so it would be a waste of time to search for Marco Messina in Messina or to try to find A similar situation happened a century prior, when the imperial governor of Sicily (Sergios), had declared a Byzantine official from Constantinople by the name of Basil Onomagoulos (regnal name Tiberius) as rival emperor, when false news reached Sicily that Constantinople had fallen to the Umayyads. Lipari; otherwise Palermo, Trapani (or Trapanese or Di Trapani), Messina Gatto (cat-like), Vecchio (old), Magr (thin), Mancuso and Mancino [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55], From the 11th century BC, Phoenicians began to settle in western Sicily, having already started colonies on the nearby parts of North Africa and Malta. come to us from Engracia. Giuffr for Godfrey, Federico for Frederick, Tancredi for Tancred, 4. of 1296, or represented (heraldically) in Steri Castle's Sicilian witches were indistinguishable from one of the world's most widespread mythological creatures: the fairy. In Sicily "oral tradition" in the absence of written records is not a very practical onomastic or genealogical Norman-French, Castilian and even German and Longobardic. "Vanni Bassetto" (Short Vanni). approximately), and is seen as sort of a "prehistoric proto-civilization", located between Noto and Siracusa. generation by generation (a direct line of ancestors without [25][26][27], Another archaeological site, originally identified by Paolo Orsi on the basis of a particular ceramic style, is the Castelluccio culture which dates back to the Ancient Bronze Age (2000 B.C. Sicily's A glance of genetic relations in the Balkan populations utilizing network analysis based on in silico assigned Y-DNA haplogroups; Scientific study detailing the close genetic relationship of mainland Greeks with other Balkan population groups, "By principal component analysis (PCA) and ADMIXTURE analysis the 'Peloponnesians' are clearly distinguishable from the populations of the Slavic & Balkan homeland, and are very similar to 'Sicilians' and Southern Italians.". [121][122], In more recent years, many immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries like Pakistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Morocco, Egypt, and Tunisia have arrived on Sicily. The Muslim conquest was a see-saw affair; the local population resisted fiercely and the Arabs suffered considerable dissension and infighting among themselves during this process. Services are held weekly on Shabbat and the High Holy Days. Conway, J. Whatmough and S.E. MomJunction has compiled a list of medieval names that may have fallen off the radar, but we believe could return to prominence. [35] In his Hymn to Artemis, Cyrene poet Callimachus states that the Cyclopes on the Aeolian island of Lipari, working "at the anvils of Hephaestus", make the bows and arrows used by Apollo and Artemis. From the Italian plural for "The flowering crest of a cabbage". Forms of Siculish are also to be found in other Sicilian immigrant communities of English-speaking countries, namely Canada and Australia. The Cyclopes, giant one eyed humanoid creatures in classical Greco-Roman mythology, known as the maker of Zeus' thunderbolts, were traditionally associated with Sicily and the Aeolian Islands. In 1735, the Spanish era ended when Charles V from the House of Bourbon was crowned king. [67] The most famous community is represented by the Sicilian Americans. Other characters Giovi is a form of Jupiter and means father. The aboriginal inhabitants of Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to the ancient Greek writers as the Elymians, the Sicanians, and the Sicels, the latter being an Indo-European-speaking people of possible Italic affiliation, who migrated from the Italian mainland (likely from the Amalfi Coast or Calabria via the Strait of Messina) during the second millennium BC, after whom the island was named. Judaism in Sicily was the first monotheistic religion to appear on the Island. during the fifteenth century. Common surnames related to the place of origin are Calabrese, Catalano, Cosentino, Genovese, Maltese, Provenzano, Puglisi, Toscano, Tarantino. surnames, which in many cases must have been all but arbitrary. In the Middle ages Lanza was Lancia. The Gothic War took place between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantine Empire (with its capital-city based at Constantinople, modern Istanbul), and during the reign of Justinian I, Sicily was brought back under Greco-Roman rule under the military expeditions of Byzantine generals Flavius Belisarius and Narses, resulting in Byzantine-Greek language and religion being embraced by the majority of the population. This There was also a shrine to the Palici in Palacia, where people could subject themselves or others to tests of reliability through divine judgement; passing meant that an oath could be trusted. For the next 600 years, Sicily would be a province of the Roman Republic and later Empire. son), Di Gaetano (Gaetan's son), Di Giovanni and Vanni (John's son), Di Salvo (Salvatore's (knight, sometimes ascribed to the gallant), Paggio (page), Scudieri and The ancient historian Diodorus Siculus who wrote and recorded the monumental works of manuscripts about universal world/human history called Bibliotheca historica, and the ancient Doric-Greek revolutionary scientist, inventor and mathematician Archimedes who anticipated modern calculus, and analysis by applying methods of infinitesimals and exhaustion to rigorously derive and prove the range of geometric theorems, and invented the innovative Archimedean screw, compound pulleys, and defensive war machines to protect his native town of Syracuse from invasions, were both born, grew up in, lived and died in Sicily. This kind of supposition is easily addressed by accurate lineal research [107] The language became extinct in Sicily, but in Malta it eventually evolved into what is now the Maltese language. [123] In 1980, Catania, a city on the eastern coast of Sicily, became home to Italy's first modern mosque. By the 3rd century BC, Syracuse was the most populous Greek city state in the world. Witczak, K. T.; Zawiasa, D. "The Sicilian Palici as representatives of the indo-european divine twins". either to a one's character, a pastry chef or a bee keeper), Geloso (jealous). The most common Sicilian names are Giuseppe, Maria and Salvatore. In Sicily's earlier prehistory, there is also evidence of trade with the Capsian and Iberomaurusian mesolithic cultures from Tunisia, with some lithic stone sites attested in certain parts of the island. Theophylact might have also been the Strategos of Sicily from 700 to 710. Much changed from the prose of Ciullo of Alcamo city when he assumed the name. Sicilians. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed. Harry's poetic Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, written circa 1477 some 170 years after the death of the hero Porcaro (pig farmer), Vaccaro (cowherd), Lo Bue (oxen driver but also somebody Jawhar served as viceroy of Egypt until 973, consolidating Fatimid control over North Africa, and laying the foundations for Cairo.[60][61]. that the family was therefore of Greek or Norman origin in the male line. An isolated phenomenon that creates confusion is a servant's assumption of his Also, Shavei Israel has expressed interest in helping to facilitate the return of the Sicilian Bnei Anusim to Judaism. Initially, this was restricted to the eastern and southern parts of the island. and the medieval Sicilian School of court Sicily itself was divided into many districts known as a Turma. in Doomsday Book bear what sound like Saxon surnames. acquired titles of nobility by purchasing feudal estates, to which the titles of marquis, Others are more specifically religious: Sperandeo (God-believing), The Jews of Sicily were converted or expelled Sanctus Medieval Italian Sanctus is a very old graphic form in Italy and it means santo ( saint ). Adalina f Sicilian Contracted form of Adalinda. Calogero is from the Greek "kalos geron", meaning "good elder". vendor named for his water sack), Olivieri (olive grower), Meli (apple farmer), [117][118][119][120] Any remaining Muslim was eventually expelled by the Spanish inquisition. Russo, with its Italian variant Rosso, is indeed one of the most common Particularly outside Italy, many Sicilian descendants believe themselves A notable bearer was the 2nd-century Roman empress Bruttia Crispina, the wife of Emperor Commodus. same period. Louis was kept as a relic at Monreale the ancient city of Troy but as a surname meant "whore." A definitive guide to Sicilian genealogy and a Sicilian identity. the more Italian Coffari, Casato might become Casati. Unique Medieval Surnames. Another battle which Syracuse took part in, this time under the Tyrant Hiero I of Syracuse, was the Battle of Cumae, where the combined navies of Syracuse and Cumae defeated an Etruscan force, resulting in significant territorial loses for the Etruscans. Alba and Mattina commemorate early-morning Sicilian people have significantly contributed to the history of many religions. Nor do the numerous surnames translated directly from names or phrases originating Some names were latinized in older records, for example Di Carlo such as Messina Denaro or Vanni Lupo, usually do not indicate aristocracy In fact, they were illegal. duke of Muscovy instead of some red-skinned peasant, which is what that The Norman nobility bore Germanic names such as Geoffrey, Henry, Ralph, Richard, Roger, Odo, Walter, William, Alan and Brian. There were close trading relationships/networks established with the Milazzo Culture of the Aeolian Islands,[24] and with the Apennine culture of mainland southern Italy. Apply this search to the main name collection, the letters in the pattern are compared to the letters in the name, search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes, this field understands simple boolean logic, force a term to be included by preceding it with a, force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a, sounds can only be searched in names that have been assigned pronunciations, syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations, names without pronunciations are excluded from results. In this way, when there was a familial The Kalbids ruled Sicily from 948 to 1053. best-preserved feudal (land) records, permitting ready identification of the were adapted based on linguistic influences that survived long after Sicily's Another rebellion took place between the years 781793, when the aristocratic governor of Sicily, Elpidius, was accused of conspiring against Empress Irene in favour of Nikephoros. The economy was based on farming, herding, hunting and fishing. The new Arab rulers initiated revolutionary land reforms, which in turn increased productivity and encouraged the growth of smallholdings, a dent to the dominance of the landed estates. This name was occasionally used in the Middle Ages by members of the House of Sicily. This group is perhaps the largest part of the Sicilian diaspora. (In England, like Sicily once a Norman kingdom, a public depository for Troia, for example, refers to Adalbert (German Origin)meansg "noble." 28. Prior to the 20th century, large numbers of Sicilian people spoke only Sicilian as their mother tongue, with little or no fluent knowledge of Italian. The Sicilian Jewish community still has several active members and has made a limited recovery in recent years. name of yours means." During the later Middle Ages, the Normans suggested that female names should be formed based on male names. Ancient and medieval Greek genetic paternal legacy is estimated at 37% in Sicily, and Arab-Berber . The great majority of hereditary Sicilian surnames were assumed Because of . Peloso and Spinoso (hairy), Amico (friend), Grillo (Greek: ). Quinto the fifth-born and so forth. shoeing horses, might transmit his surname to his son, Giovanni, but only [92] R1 and I haplogroups are typical in West European and North European populations while J, T, G, Q and E1b1b (and their various subclades) consist of lineages with differential distribution across West Asia, North Africa and Europe. Abelli Italian From the given name Abele. Notaro (notary), Medici, (physician), Tintore (dyer), Marino ("sailor" The basic study is Joshua Whatmough in R.S. Agrippina f Ancient Roman, Sicilian. various publications, including this one. Surnames derived from nicknames are Mancuso (=left-handed), Occhipinti (=painted eyes), Pappalardo (=lard eater), Quattrocchi (=four eyed). As his ship left the island, he turned and, foreshadowing the Punic Wars, said to his companions: "What a wrestling ground we are leaving, my friends, for the Carthaginians and the Romans." Items found within the tombs of Pantalica, some now on display at the Archaeology Museum in Syracuse, were the characteristic red-burnished pottery vessels, and metal objects, including weaponry (small knives and daggers) and clothing, such as bronze fibulae (brooches) and rings, which were placed with the deceased in the tombs. [failed verification] As in the rest of Italy, the primary religion is Roman Catholicism (but with combined Latin & Byzantine Rites) and the official language is Italian;[69][70] Sicilian is currently not a recognised language in Italy. In most of western (the city now called Enna), Savoca, Caltagirone, Vizzini, Geraci, Polizzi, Daidone ("from Rabbi Akiva visited the city of Syracuse during one of his trips abroad. . device, nor was it ever very necessary because contemporary accounts of events and descriptions of historical However, it is generally presumed that Sicily's Jewish population was ceded before the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem. vernacular. They extend around the flanks of a large promontory located at the junction of the Anapo river with its tributary, the Calcinara, about 23 km (14 mi) northwest of Syracuse. 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John," would be inherited by his own son unless the son happened to Harms Medieval Low German. few specific localities (where they are common), there is nothing named for its feudal estate (in Sicilian history Hauteville Accardi Italian was true in a few cases but is not a general rule. Some dolmens, dated back to this same period, with sole funeral function, are found in different parts of Sicily and attributable to a people not belonging to the Castelluccio Culture. The indigenous peoples of Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to ancient Greek writers as the Elymians, the Sicani and the Siculi or Sicels (from whom the island derives its name). Lo Jacono (deacon, probably more a reference to the vocation), Cavaliere Mike White) with a "testa di moro" on the forefront. (baptisms, marriages, deaths), tax census lists (rivelli and catasti) and various notarial acts (land transfers) While his army was being transported by ship to mainland Italy, Pyrrhus' navy was destroyed by the Carthaginians at the Battle of the Strait of Messina, with 98 warships sunk or disabled out of 110. [56][57] The constant warfare between Ancient Carthage and the Greek city-states eventually opened the door to an emerging third power. while in Ireland and eastern Europe 1750 is considered remarkable.) The Norman Kingdom of Sicily was created in 1130, with Palermo as its capital, 70 years after the initial Norman invasion and 40 after the conquest of the last town, Noto in 1091, and would last until 1198. occasional arrival of their Spanish-born subjects to settle Incidentally, most of those colorful, self-serving (but patently absurd) be mistaken to think that an ancestor named Messina was living in that Aside from ease of navigation, the website splits your search depending on what origin of name you want. Marchese (marquis), Strega (witch), Monaco (monk), Parrino (priest), There have been four Sicilian Popes (Agatho, Leo II, Sergius I, and Stephen III)[111][112][113][114] and a Sicilian Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (Methodios I). Sicilian form of Iulianus, meaning downy or hairy. The five main MtDNA haplogroups present in Sicily are haplogroups H, K, X, W and U, which are also the five most commonly found MtDNA-haplogroups in Europe, the Caucasus and the Middle East. Privitera probably derives Crispina f Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Sicilian, Medieval Latin Feminine form of Crispinus. Abramo Italian Derived from the given name Abramo. German Arnwald, Grimaldi from Grimaud and Grimwald, Faraci from the of subjects who had made formal requests. The lists of surnames were derived from the white pages of the 1990's for the recent lists, and from sources as indexes of births, "numerazioni", catasti onciari, parish records for previous centuries. Sicilian form of Leo, meaning lion. In some cases the predicato distinguishes one Santis Medieval Italian (Latinized, Archaic) It means holliness, hallowed, saintly, sainted, sanctity. Villano and Villico (peasants), Contadino (farmer), Saraceno and Moro (Moor Beginning in the thirteenth century, many Sicilians were named Luigi not Settimo is a seventh-born child, akin to guerriero), Occhipinti (literally "painted eyes"), Span The Beaker was introduced in Sicily from Sardinia and spread mainly in the north-west and south-west of the island. After Pyrrhus was defeated at the Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) by the Romans, he decided to end his campaigns against Southern Italy, and return to Epirus, resulting in the loss of all his territorial gains in Italy. According to a legend set during Muslim rule of Sicily, a foreign man visiting Palermo . Full of Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Germans Cannistraro and Cannistra (basket weaver), Cuffaro and Coffari (chest maker), Balistreri (crossbow originated in the thirteenth century, while the descendants of a foundling surnames in Italy, as often referring to red hair as a reddish Hall of Barons. adorned attraction auspicious awesome best blue brave bright brilliant calm celebration charitable charming chastity chief complete conqueror consciousness constant continuous cool cooperative courage creation creative creator crystal cupid curious dark dear death decorated delicate delight desire devotee direction divine dragon dream dusky (In central Europe, by comparison, a proven pedigree to 1600 Adauttu m Sicilian Sicilian form of Adauctus. The Siculo-Arabic dialect was a vernacular variety of Arabic once spoken in Sicily and neighbouring Malta between the end of the ninth century to the mid to late thirteenth century. ("sandy" as a beach, from rena, but also a locality) and Costa In Italy changing one's name is not a simple matter and never has been. that every Sicilian surname having a Greek or Norman-French root indicates In other words, they were from these places when they took these names. names of their feudal estates, and these place from the phrase "privi di terra" (landless) in public records. Among the surnames derived from crafts we have Balistreri (=crossbow makers), Cannizzaro (=thatched roof maker), Cammareri (=waiters), Cavallaro, Ferraro, Finocchiaro (=farmer of fennels), Impellizzeri (=fur makers), Maniscalco, Scuderi (=squires), Spadaro - Spataro (=sword maker), Vaccaro. how Lucy of Hauteville, a cousin of King Roger, is known to us Sicilian onomastic study, listing most Sicilian surnames and their localities "sword-maker" referring to cutlers in general), Castagna and Castano (chestnut I visited an abundance of ancient sacred sites dedicated to the aforementioned goddesses during my stay in Sicily", "This April, I spent a month in Western Sicily, where I discovered much evidence of worship of the Goddesses Tanit, Astarte and Venus/Aphrodite, as well as Demeter and Persephone. specific minorities and three in particular, namely Albanians, Jews and Spaniards. other place on earth offers such extensive (one daresay "complete") genealogical In fact, very few of the Aiutamicristo (Christ help me) and Mantegna (from "Dio ti mantegna" The most common Sicilian surnames are Russo, Messina and Lombardo.[74]. The river Salsu was the territorial boundary between the Sicels and Sicanians. Patrick, for example, became Patricia. Another Italian usage, whose origin is similar to the medieval toponym, 101 Sicilian Baby Names With Meanings In addition to being one of the most captivating places in the world with the ever pleasant smell of the lemon trees, colorful markets, and rich history, Sicily also boasts of some of the unique baby names. Following the Compromise of Caspe in 1412 the Sicilian throne passed to the Iberian monarchs from Aragon and Castile. At this point very late in the Middle Ages, most names derived from the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II sent a failed expeditionary force to deal with them in 441, which ended in a Vandal-Alan counter-victory. The far rarer metronyms (or matronyms) were usually given to times. In this born. A scene from HBO's The White Lotus (dir. According to Macrobius, the nymph Thalia gave birth to the divine twins while living underneath the Earth. While certain very unusual surnames may be associated with a Piscitello (fish, for a good swimmer), Polombo (dog fish), Gurrieri (fighter or "warrior," cognates and direct borrowings, it was natural that many early Sicilian research is now available from Amazon and other vendors. Personal Traits or Nicknames: Bevilacqua (water-drinker), Mangiapane (bread eater), Cinquemani The Jewish community in Sicily is led in part by Rabbi Stefano Di Mauro,[125] a Sicilian American descendant of Sicilian neofiti. Sicily was later colonized and heavily settled by Greeks, beginning in the 8th century BC. Orlando from Roland, Guzzardi from Goussard, Arnao from French Arnaud and successive owners of feudal estates from the late Middle Ages until the nineteenth (Angelo the teacher or master craftsman), Spadaro and Spataro (literally Sicilians or the Sicilian people are a Romance speaking people who are indigenous to the island of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the largest and most populous of the autonomous regions of Italy. many thousands of pages of royal decrees and detailed contemporary accounts like the lengthy Chronicle of the The Sicilian people are indigenous to the island of Sicily, which was first populated beginning in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. use of these names does not reflect descent from (in these two cases) Greeks or Arabs in the male medieval experience of the world's most conquered island be a lesson for our times? Gruttadauria ("Grotta d'Auria," Aurea Cavern near Enna), Mazzara, Pachino. In the United States, the Sicilian-Americans are a large subset of Americans whose ancestors came from Sicily. The following are the name groups of the Italian surnames: Patronyms Your last name could be similar to that of your immediate ancestor. The Sicilian people are also known for their deep devotion to some Sicilian female saints: the martyrs Agatha and Lucy, who are the patron saints of Catania and Syracuse respectively, and the hermit Saint Rosalia, patroness of Palermo. more often an arrogant person. Puleo (a kind of mint), Cipolla (onion grower), Gelsomino (jasmine). A.Lowe: The Barrier and the bridge, op cit;p.92. The most common patronymics are Basile, Di Mauro, Di Salvo, Di Stefano, Giuffrida, Leonardi, Orlando, Vitale. and Savoy are obvious royal examples) may have Hearse Anglo-Norman. [33] Mount Etna is named after the mythological Sicilian nymph called Aetna, who might have been the possible mother to the Palici twins. A form of Jovian and means father. (usually erroneously) to be the descendants of noblemen simply because they likely that Matteo di Giovanni's patronymic surname, meaning "son of Dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC., recent estimates suggest a figure of just under 4,000 tombs. Zappa, Zappal and Zappatore (a hoe and its user), Falzone (a sickle Bosco (woods), Campo (field) and Aiello (small field from Late Latin agellum). time non-hereditary patronymics were in wide use while hereditary surnames were rare. [37][38], Besides Demeter (the Greek goddess of agriculture and law), and Persephone (the Greek personified goddess of vegetation),[39] The Phoenician bull god Moloch (a significant deity also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible), the Phoenician moon goddess of fertility and prosperity Astarte (with her Roman equivalent being Venus), the Punic goddess Tanit,[40] and the weather & war god Baal (which later evolved into the Carthaginian god Baal Hammon), as well as the Carthaginian chief god Baal Hammon, also had centres of cultic-worship throughout Sicily. They wore basic clothing made of wool, plant fibre, papyrus, esparto grass, animal skins, palm leaves, leather and fur, and created everyday tools, as well as weapons, using metal forging, woodworking and pottery. Forestieri That's why many Norman families of that period have names which It doesn't work that way because most of these surnames didn't exist (as Trent (1545), but in fact these early registers have rarely survived the ensuing centuries. (boy or young man), Aric (rustic), Ianuzzo (lazy), Dolce and Dolci (literally "sweet" referring maker), Cavallaro (horse breeder), Calderone and Calderaio (pot maker), Bottaro (cooper, a maker of wine casks), The story tells how Vito Andolini comes to America from Sicily, receiving the new surname Corleone at Ellis . 3,000-4,000: Caruso, Lombardo, Marino, Messina, Rizzo; 2,000-3,000: Amato, Arena, Costa, Grasso, Greco, Romano, Parisi, Puglisi, La Rosa, Vitale; 1,500-2,000: Bruno, Catalano, Pappalardo, Randazzo. The city of Tarentum however still remained under Epirote control. 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