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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').
This concise historical presentation is intended not as an exhaustive sociological treatise, but as a general introduction for the layman. It is presumed that the reader has already reviewed Italian Heraldry, Nobility & Genealogy. Because of the highly individual nature of genealogical and heral...
