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[Surname] Re: Surname Misirlis
by M.Sagani (guest)
6/12/2006, 9:12 AM
in reply to a message by misirlis
I think it is greek. I wonder if it is similar to the italian surname MESITI (Messitis?) coming from calabrian greek dialects.
Mesiti means in regional italian "middleman"Somebody will explain better than me.
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- Christo (guest)   +2
6/12/2006, 11:18 PM
Misirlis is a really greak name derived from Turkish "misirli" which means "Egyptian".
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- Christo (guest)   +1
6/12/2006, 11:20 PM
Misirlis is really a Greak name derived from Turkish "misirli" which means "Egyptian" (definitely not Gypsy).
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- Pavlos
7/12/2006, 3:25 AM
In fact there is a popular Greek song called...Misirlou ("the girl from Eqgypt"), whose twangy US adaptation bacame the soundtrack of "Pulp Fiction" :)
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