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Subject: Re: Anyone know Italian/Greek???
Author: Giorgio   (guest, 195.120.178.202)
Date: February 19, 2001 at 1:56:02 AM
Reply to: Anyone know Italian/Greek??? by Desdemona

As far as I know, Desdemona means "of the demons" or "of the devil". It is a name of Latin derivation, composed of two parts:

Des - equivalent of the Italian "del", English "of"
Demona - Latin for "demon" or "devil"

Hope this helps!

Giorgio

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