Re: Etymology of the Italian surname 'Brighenti'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francisco Antonio Doria"
<doriagen@...> wrote:

>
>
> Just a side remark: we have ***briga*** (fight) in Portuguese. And I'm
> now wondering about the etimology of Bragança < Brigantium.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragan%C3%A7a_(Portugal)
close to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinhais
once called Veniatia, so I don't think the 'vine' etymology holds.
Venet- again.

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Torsten