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The Origin of the Name ‘Perera/Pereira’

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  By T. V. Antony Raj Fernando . . Catalan is a Western Romance language derived from Vulgar Latin and named after the medieval Principality of Catatonia, in northeastern modern Spain. Pereira is a topographic name derived from Catalan Perera meaning ‘pear tree’. There are other variants for Perera in the Iberian Peninsula meaning “pear tree”: … Continue reading The Origin of the Name ‘Perera/Pereira’

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