Casanova
[ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə]Meaning
from Romance casa "house" and nova "new", literally "new house"
Background Story
The surname comes from Romance casa, "house", and nova, "new", so that it means "new house". It is recorded in Catalan, Galician, Spanish and Italian. In English it is named after the Venetian writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798), and takes the plural Casanovas.
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