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As I said before, there is a tourist town of Palanga (Lithuania) and there is an explanation of its name on their official website and is quite simillar to the one you kindly provided:There is an italian word that is descriptive of a ground line stretched along the shore to which floating lines furnished with fish hooks are attached and is "Palangrese"
Thx Norberto!norbertogallo wrote:Hi Kenan,
the surname PALANGA is common in Puglia because the palanga or palanca is an instrument used to build the 'Trullo'.
The Trullo is an ancient stone build very common in the Alberobello area. here you can see one of them http://www.italyis.com/puglia/ars_hist/ ... rullo2.jpg
The palanga or palanca or palanghino is a jemmy, (piede di porco-->foot of pig), a word coming from the medieval latin palanca (roll to slip ships) and from the greek falà gx (trunk, club).
norberto
Yes, u're right. My bad.ptimber wrote:please re-read what I said. Southern Italy is not the source of the Palanga surnamed people. The source is most likely Montenegro and Alabnia which is just across the Adriatic opposite both countries znd is a conduit for the flow of peopl into Italy and into other areas of Italy. Peter
Well, my 'research' was mostly based on Google and searching one word only. I was not aware of Ms Livshin and I thank u once again for your efforts.ptimber wrote:Palanga (polangen) is the name of a research group led by a Ms Livshin at rlivshin@compuserve.com whom I have e-mailed her to request her knowledge of the Palanga surname since she is so heavily involved in the shtetl research she leads. I am surprised you never came across her name in your research of the palanga surtname. Peter
Yes, we added a slavic"-ich" extension to it long time ago so it's Palangic (Palangich) now. I was told this by my old uncle. I wasn't aware it was slightly changed, untill I spoke to him about r familly history.ptimber wrote:There is no Palanga in Yugoslav telephone directory for Montenegro area. Peter