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> Old Italian Fiorenze, modern Italian Firenze.

That I can follow.

> Florentia, [...] became Old Italian Fiorenze

Still lost. I know accents are thick and an ex used to wax poetic about the fluidity of names, especially at the intersection of thick regional accents and illiteracy. But this one is still a bit of a stretch.



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