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Capozucca is composed by the two words capo: head and zucca: pumpkin.
If your interest is about the surname Capozucca, the meaning is due to the common use of the nickname 'zucca' to tell someone that has an 'empty head' (is a 'testa di zucca').
Very few works have been published in English on the topics of Italian heraldry, nobility and onomatology as these relate to genealogy. Yet all three fields depend upon genealogical research. This concise presentation is not intended as a historical treatise, but rather as a simple guide for those i...
