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Maura

English translation/equivalent: Maura

Origin: Derived from the Latin maurus meaning "citizen of Mauritania, northwestern Africa," in what is now Morocco.

Name Day/Onomastico: February 15—in honor of St. Maura, martyred in Ravenna in 258.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Mauro

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