Cesina is a toponym of Langobard origin that is used in southern Italy, especially in Campania. It derives from the Latin word caesi and the Latin verb caedere, to which the Langobard suffix -na is added.

History

Lombard possessions in Italy: The Lombard Kingdom (Neustria, Austria and Tuscia) and the Lombard Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento

The concept was introduced with the creation of the Duchy of Benevento by the Lombards around 590 AD. It defined a wooded area designated for woodcutting. These are precisely defined in the first tome of Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi, year 1005 AD, column 183 written by Ludovico Antonio Muratori in 1738–43. It was then further defined as Silva cædua (Latin) in the Du Cange, et al., Glossarium mediae et infimae Latinitatis, Niort: L. Favre, 1883–1887 (10 vol.).[1] These wooded areas were often deforested to make room for urban settlements and cultivated countryside.

Places called Cesina

Places called Cesina include:

Places with names derived from Cesina

Cesinali, Avellino, Campania, southern Italy is derived from the toponym.

The term Cesine is used to refer to it as a plural. Charles II of Spain had granted his doctor, Raimondo di Odiboni, the Cesine of Afragola as a fief for services rendered. The Cesine were once wooded land that were converted to farmland by cutting the trees and burning their trunks.

Places called Cesine include:

In central Italy the toponym contracts in Cesi, Terni, which gives origin to Cesi (surname).

Other derivatives from the toponym in Northern Italy include:

The Italian municipality of Cesa, Caserta, Campania originates from the toponym.

Places with names not derived from Cesina

Cesena, an Italian municipality, does not derive from this toponym but from the Latin suffix -caes ('cut'), which refers to a river and not trees.

Cesino, a frazione of the city of Genoa, in the Pontedecimo district, derives from the Ligurian word çêxin, which in Italian means "small cherry tree."

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CESINA".
  2. ↑ Memorie delle Famiglie Nobili delle Province Meridionali d'Italia (Volume 3). Berardo Candida Gonzaga, Count. 1876. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Contrada Cesina, Molinara, Benevento, Campania".
  4. ↑ "Contrada Cesina, Napoli, Campania".
  5. ↑ "Contrada Cesina Nuova, Avellino, Campania".
  6. ↑ "SITODI CONSERVAZIONEDI SPECIE FRUTTICOLE AUTOCTONE CESINA:(CASTAGNO,SUSINO,CILIEGIO,FICO,VITE,PERO,PESCO,NOCE,MELO,PERCOCO,OLIVO GELSO" (PDF). regione.basilicata.it. regione.basilicata.it. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Via Cesina, Capri, Napoli, Campania".
  8. ↑ "Italian School Data Portal". dati.istruzione.it. /dati.istruzione.it. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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