Etymology 1
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “it:w:Nove (Italia)#Origini del nome states «La località prende il nome dalle terrae novae ottenute con il dissodamento della Vegra, ossia della vasta estensione di terreni incolti un tempo ivi esistente.», citing Antonio Canova, Giovanni Mantese (1979) I castelli medievali del vicentino (in Italian), Vicenza: Accademia Olimpica, page 126. en:w:Nove states “The name of the town comes from the antique Italian nove, in the meaning of ‘new’. As [a] matter of fact, the lands where the town is located were considered new because of the lowering of the level of the Brenta. The lowering of the river revealed soft lands rich of[sic] clay. The first artisans of the area started using the clay for the production of pottery.”, without citing a source. The Latin terrae novae can mean, inter alia, “new lands” but also “new soils” (the Italian dalle f pl that precedes the phrase rules out the interpretation of terrae novae as singular genitive or dative); regarding «Vegra», see the Venetan vegro and the probably related Vegra, Vegre, Vegri, etc.; “the Brenta” is a river. Are those two Wikipedia articles saying compatible things? Is this toponym grammatically plural and/or is there evidence that it has been? The Venetian name, Łe Nóve, suggests plural number.” |
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Nove m or f by sense
- a surname
- Aldo Nove (pseudonym of Antonio Centanin; born 1967), Italian writer and poet