Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-31763506-20171130021854/@comment-29984007-20171130204250

DukeLeto7 wrote: Strictly speaking, Ronnie James' grandpa, and Ronnie James himself, was named Padavona, which I'm relatively sure means "from Padua", which is how we native English speaking weirdos feel we need to refer to the Italian city of Padova. (Please don't ask me about Firenze/Florence because I don't know.)

His "Dio" isn't Greek or Italian, but an American kid trying to come up with a more Metal stage name.

Actually, I can see the Lustlord administering Rodak based on whether or not a given policy is more or less "Metal ", to the frustration of Iris' Rodakian equivalent.

from padova is "padovano" it used for a person came both the city and the adiacent land. but the fact is (IIRC) the james family come from "abruzzo" half italy away from padova.

for the 'firenze' question the answer is easy, the italian language is rooted in the 1200-ish vernacular central italy language. and then the city name was "Florentia", the modern italian city name come from the name some poets (~1200/1300) call the city, "Fiorenza"