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Clorinda

English translation/equivalent: Clorinda

Origin: Name coined from Tasso in Gerusalemme liberata for the Saracen warrior accidently killed by Tancredi; probably adapted from the name Clori (derived from the Greek chloros "clear green"), and combined with the derivation -inda, typical of Germanic names.

Name Day/Onomastico: November 1—La Festa d'Ognissanti (All Saint's Day), day in which all saints not represented on the calendar are remembered.

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