Papaccio
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Papaccio is an Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 family surname
Surname
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The Papaccio surname occurs mostly in Southern Italy, in the Campania
Campania
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 region.

The root "Papa" is probably Greek
Greek language
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in origin and means "priest" but
also a term of respect. Otherwise this surname derives from "papaccella" a vegetable
similar to the green peperoni.

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