By Michael San Filippo, About.com
Palermo: Fontana Pretoria
The spoken language is riddled with words of Arabic origin: tabutu (coffin) from Arabic tabut. And in place names: Marsala, the Siciilan port, is from Allah's port, mars port + ala, from Allah.
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