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Well, as I said I'm not a scholar and the above reconstruction of the name origin makes sense even to an average
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Copertino is uncertain, it is likely a compound word meaning "little (covered) shelter." The -ino suffix in Italian words indicates "small" or "little", while coprire (past participle coperto) means "to cover"; coperto is derived from the Latin coopertus, which also means
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Hello
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