# Piccio

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{{For|the painter known as Il Piccio|Giovanni Carnovali}}
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| name            = Piccio
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| pronunciation   = {{IPA|it|ˈpittʃo|lang}}
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| language        = [Italian](/source/Italian_language)
| languageorigin  = [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language)
| origin          = Figo
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| meaning         = [Fig](/source/Common_fig)
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| region          = [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire),<ref name=jepigo>Gottheil, R. & Elbogen, I. (1906). [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12144-pigo Pigo]. In ''Jewish Encyclopedia''. [New York](/source/New_York_City): [Funk and Wagnalls](/source/Funk_and_Wagnalls).</ref><ref name=joe>Kiron, A., & Jerchower, S. (2003). [http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/cajs/jastrow/04.html The meaning of words: Marcus Jastrow and the making of rabbinic dictionaries]. ''Judaica Online Exhibitions''. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.</ref> [Republic of Venice](/source/Republic_of_Venice)<ref name=joe></ref><ref>Bonfil, R. (2016, September 10). Venice: A symbol of Jewish history. ''Printed Matter''. Retrieved from http://www.primolevicenter.org/printed-matter/venice-a-symbol-of-jewish-history/.</ref><ref>[http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Venezia.html Surnames of the Jews in Venezia.] ''Jewish Genealogy in Italy''.</ref>
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The '''Piccio''' family is a family of [Portuguese Jewish](/source/Portuguese_Jewish) origin. It has established branches in [Italy](/source/History_of_the_Jews_in_Venice),<ref name=stow1>Stow, K. (1995). ''The Jews in Rome'' (Vol. 1). Leiden: Brill.</ref><ref>Kessin, Zachary. (Ed.) [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_names.html Table of names.] [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_article.html ''Names of Jews in Rome in the 1550s''.] Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Roma.html Surnames of the Jews in Rome.] ''Jewish Genealogy in Italy''. Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref><ref>Rottenberg, D. (1986). ''Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.</ref> the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) and [Turkey](/source/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Ottoman_Empire).<ref name=jepigo/><ref name=joe/> Members also reside in fewer numbers in other countries.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010113/http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1882-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1882)]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120213112803/http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1899-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1899)]</ref>

The current form of the family’s name is an [Italianized](/source/Italianized) standardization by notaries in [Rome](/source/Rome) of {{IPA|tr|ˈpiɟu|}},<ref name=jepigo/><ref name=joe/> which in turn was a [Turkified](/source/Turkified) rendering of the original [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) '''Figo''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|ˈfiɣu|pron}}).<ref name=jepigo/><ref name=stow1/>

==Members==
Notable members include:
*[Azaria Piccio](/source/Azaria_Piccio), Venetian rabbi;
*[Carlo Piccio](/source/Carlo_Piccio), Philippine swimmer;
*[Gino Piccio](/source/Gino_Piccio), Italian priest;
*[Giuseppe Piccio](/source/Giuseppe_Piccio), Italian literary critic;
*[Mosè Piccio](/source/Mos%C3%A8_Piccio), Ottoman rabbi and lexicographer;
*[Mordekay Piccio](/source/Mordechai_Petcho), Israeli paramilitary;
*[Pier Ruggero Piccio](/source/Pier_Ruggero_Piccio), Italian [World War I](/source/World_War_I) general and founding Chief of Staff of the [Italian Air Force](/source/Aeronautica_Militare);
*[Vicente Piccio, Jr.](/source/Vicente_Piccio%2C_Jr.), Philippine major general, [Air Force](/source/Philippine_Air_Force) Chief, and former Mayor.

==References==
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Category:Piccio family
Category:Surnames of Portuguese origin
Category:Italian-language surnames

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