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HelpBonança & Agnelo
Just two interesting names I came across while at my grandparents' today.
The first was a 60-something-year-old lady on TV named Bonança (prn. boo-NUN-sah, with a nasal 'nun'), which means calm or quietude but is practically only ever used in a popular saying that translates to 'after the storm comes the calm'.
The second was a man in his fifties in a magazine named Agnelo (prn. ag-NEH-loo), which I assume to be some male variant of Agnes.
I had never heard either of these names. Thoughts?
The first was a 60-something-year-old lady on TV named Bonança (prn. boo-NUN-sah, with a nasal 'nun'), which means calm or quietude but is practically only ever used in a popular saying that translates to 'after the storm comes the calm'.
The second was a man in his fifties in a magazine named Agnelo (prn. ag-NEH-loo), which I assume to be some male variant of Agnes.
I had never heard either of these names. Thoughts?
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Never heard of Bonanca, my guess as to pronunciation would have been similar to Bonanza, which in the US was a very well-known and long-running TV western. I can hear the theme music now. Hoss and Little Ben and Adam ... It was also a chain of lower-end steakhouses, if memory serves, though I don't know if they are still operating anywhere.
Agnello I would have thought was pronounced Ahn-YELL-O, and would have taken it for some variation of Angelo.
Agnello I would have thought was pronounced Ahn-YELL-O, and would have taken it for some variation of Angelo.
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