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| − | 50, heavyweight, aka Don Peppino; The ’Ndrangheta is the name of the powerful Mafia-type criminal organization from Calabria, the southern “toe” of Italy. | + | 50, heavyweight, aka Don Peppino; The ’Ndrangheta is the name of the powerful Mafia-type criminal organization from Calabria, the southern “toe” of Italy. In Calabrian dialect, ’ndranghita came to mean honor, bravery, or strength, and by extension referred to the code of masculine honor among Calabrian men. Over time, the word evolved from describing a kind of chivalric bravery to identifying the secret criminal brotherhood that claimed to embody that code. So literally, ’Ndrangheta ≈ “the society of the brave (men)” or “the brotherhood of honor.” |
'''Nunzi'''<br /> | '''Nunzi'''<br /> | ||
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'Ndrangheta
50, heavyweight, aka Don Peppino; The ’Ndrangheta is the name of the powerful Mafia-type criminal organization from Calabria, the southern “toe” of Italy. In Calabrian dialect, ’ndranghita came to mean honor, bravery, or strength, and by extension referred to the code of masculine honor among Calabrian men. Over time, the word evolved from describing a kind of chivalric bravery to identifying the secret criminal brotherhood that claimed to embody that code. So literally, ’Ndrangheta ≈ “the society of the brave (men)” or “the brotherhood of honor.”
Nunzi
48, One of Don Peppino's two "boys" or "torpedoes," the other being Dominic
