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"Jacob" is an English equivalent of the Italian name Jacuzzi. The surname in question originates in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy, where it and Iacuzzi trace their origins back as nicknames -- like Iacuzio and Jacuzio in Campana and Ruoti in Basilicata -- for Jacopo ("Jacob"). The respective pronunciations will be "ya-KOOT-tzee" for the nickname and "ya-KO-po" for the forename in Pisan Italian.

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