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Napoleone is an Italian equivalent of the English name "Napoleon." The masculine proper noun may trace its origins back to the Italianization of the German word Nibelung(Nibelungo) for the mythological German dwarf from whom the Burgundian kings claim descent or to the modification of the proper name Iacopo Leone ("Jacob Leon"), according to the Ganino Cognomi Italiani ("Italian Surnames") website. The pronunciation will be "na-PO-ley-O-ney" or "NA-po-ley-O-ney" for the surname and "YA-ko-po ley-O-ney" for the possible source in Pisan Italian.

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