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From: Fabio Parri <>
Subject: Re: translation of Pasquale
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:59:38 +0200
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On 30 Jun 2004 08:15:52 -0700, (Nico) wrote:

>The name comes from the Jewish word "Pesah" that has become
>"Paschalis" in Latin language [...]

Just a little correction: Pesah doesn't translate to Paschalis in
Latin, but to Pascha, which gives birth to the Italian Pasqua.
Paschalis is an adjective and it translates to 'paschal' as in
'paschal lamb'.

Fabio

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