Rijitanu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Rejitanu (ɛ-coloured variant, dialectal)
• Reitanu, Riitanu (simplified orthography, dialectal)

Etymology

Surname derived from the demonym rijitanu (now mostly subseded by riggitanu), from Late Latin rhēgītanus (attested in the 5th-century De haeresi et historia Eutychiana), from Rhēgium +‎ -ītānus, ultimately from Latin Rhegium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐːɪ.ɪˈta.nʊ]
• Hyphenation: Ri‧ji‧tà‧nu

Proper noun

Rijitanu m

1. a habitational surname

   Synonym: Rejitanu

Related terms

• acitanu
• Caitanu
• napulitanu
• palirmitanu
• parmitanu
• salirnitanu
• xacchitanu

Descendants

• → Italian: Reitano
  • → English: Reitano