# Precotto

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'''Precotto''' is a district ("[quartiere](/source/quartiere)") of [Milan](/source/Milan), [Italy](/source/Italy). It is part of the [Zone 2](/source/Zone_2_of_Milan) administrative division, located north-east of the city centre.

Until 1920, Precotto was an autonomous ''[comune](/source/comune)''; then, it merged with the adjacent comune of [Gorla](/source/Gorla_(district_of_Milan)) 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](/source/Lombard_language), meaning "burnt grassland", others have it derive from ''Praecautum'', supposedly the name of an old [inn](/source/inn) located on the road from Milan to [Monza](/source/Monza).<ref>Pierino Boselli, ''Toponimi lombardi'', Milan, SugarCo 1977, p. 224</ref>

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{{Districts of Milan}}

Category:Districts of Milan
Category:Former municipalities of Lombardy

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