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Meaning & History
Name used by Italian author Torquato Tasso in his masterpiece 'Gerusalemme Liberata' (1581) and 'Gerusalemme Conquistata' (1583). Argante is a Muslim, king of Jerusalem. The name's origin is uncertain. Some hypotesis claim the tie with the Italian word argano meaning "capstan, windlass" or from Breton argant meaning "silver". Another possible origin is related with the argan tree (Sideroxylon spinosum) where argan is a Berber word (ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵏ) referred to the Northern African tree and its oil.