Precotto

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Precotto | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = Quartier of Milan | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|45.512505|N|9.224589|E|region:IT|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Italy}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Lombardy | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Milan | subdivision_type3 = Comune | subdivision_name3 = Milan | subdivision_type4 = Zone | subdivision_name4 = 2 | established_title = | established_date = | government_type = | government_footnotes = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = | population_note = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Precotto''' is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy. It is part of the Zone 2 administrative division, located north-east of the city centre.

Until 1920, Precotto was an autonomous ''comune''; then, it merged with the adjacent comune of Gorla into "Gorlaprecotto". In 1923, Gorlaprecotto was annexed to Milan.

The origin of name "Precotto" is disputed; while some scholars suggest that it might be from ''pree'' and ''cott'' in Lombard language, meaning "burnt grassland", others have it derive from ''Praecautum'', supposedly the name of an old inn located on the road from Milan to Monza.<ref>Pierino Boselli, ''Toponimi lombardi'', Milan, SugarCo 1977, p. 224</ref>

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Category:Districts of Milan Category:Former municipalities of Lombardy