Talk:Corleone

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I corrected the English on this page and removed some of the hyperbole that made it sound a bit like a tourist brochure from the town's chamber of commerce. It could still use some additional tidying up. Pronunciation keys might be nice, too.

Agateller 10:13, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I edited the main article since it had many POV's which aren't in theme with Wikipedia's neutral stance (for example, stating that the town name means "lionheart" but that despite that name the citizens had not taken a stance against the mafia up until recently.)

Carrac 17:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] reply to poisoning

not anymore man they just finished off the last mafia boss, the mafia's finito.

[edit] Lead poisoning stats

Is it true that Corleone has the highest murder rate in the world, even more than Johannesburg or Washington D.C.? 195.70.32.136 18:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Richard I connection?

The town's name sounds like it must be connected with Richard I of England, who fought in Sicily on his way to the crusades. Can anyone confirm this? --Reuben 17:28, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I think the name's Arabic and not related to Richard. Could be wrong though. 82.27.43.100 20:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. When I read the article the first time I assumed the Arabic name came from an older Italian name meaning "Lion Heart," but chronologically it should be the other way around, as you said. In that case, the older Arabic name must have been modified because it happened to sound like "Lion Heart" in Italian. --Reuben 02:55, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I've never heard of the town's name having Arab origins. There was Arab settlement but I thought the Latin-Roman name preceded this. Otherwise, this is news to me, but I cannot discredit the possibility. During the history of Sicily, the Italians often Latinized Arab, Greek, Phoenecian, Elymian, Sicanian, and Siculian names to sound less foreign and more Latin/Italian. One example of this is the Arab town-name Zabut, which innocently became Sambuca one day. The number of other such examples is numerous. Therefore, I cannot disredit the same for Corleone. A little of what I do know. The town's coat of arms says "Corleonis" (heart of the lion) in Latin, which we can at least date to the 1600s. So whethether Corleonis was derived from Arabic Qurlayun, I don't know, but it's possible. What we do know is that Latin Corleonis was likely known to Sicilians as Corilioni or Curiliuni. From there it became Curigghiuni, which we also have proof of in documents. But that was also bastardized by the lowest of classes and peasants into Cunigghiuni, through analogy with cunigghiu (rabbit). We also have proof of this in documents. From Latin to Italian, Corleonis simply became Corleone, the official version since Italian is the state language, regardless of the fact Sicilian is used in Sicily. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salvuzzo (talk • contribs) 23:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Vito Andolini did not take the name Vito Corleone "in tribute to his home village as one of the few sympathetic gestures he makes in his life." The guy at Ellis Island mistook the officer's statement of his name "Vito Andolini, from Corleone" as "Vito Corleone", and so that was his name from there on out. Need to fix this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.79.234.245 (talk) 15:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)