Cesina is a toponym of Langobard origin that is used in southern Italy, especially in Campania. It derives from the Latin word caesi and the Latin verb caedere, to which the Langobard suffix -na is added.
History
The concept was introduced with the creation of the Duchy of Benevento by the Lombards around 590 AD. It defined a wooded area designated for woodcutting. These are precisely defined in the first tome of Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi, year 1005 AD, column 183 written by Ludovico Antonio Muratori in 1738–43. It was then further defined as Silva cædua (Latin) in the Du Cange, et al., Glossarium mediae et infimae Latinitatis, Niort: L. Favre, 1883–1887 (10 vol.). These wooded areas were often deforested to make room for urban settlements and cultivated countryside.
Places called Cesina
Places called Cesina include: Cesina, ancient fiefdom owned by Di Sangro family. Cesina, Capri, Naples, Campania Contrada Cesina, Molinara, Benevento, Campania Contrada Cesina, Tufino, Naples, Campania Contrada Cesina Nuova, Avellino, Campania Contrada Cesina, Viggianello, Potenza, Basilicata Via Cesina, San Pietro, Montoro, Avellino, Campania Via Cesina, San Valentino Torio, Salerno, Campania Via Cesina Pugliano, San Valentino Torio, Salerno, Campania Via Cesina, Striano, Naples, Campania Via Cesina, San Marzano sul Sarno, Salerno, Campania Via Cesina, Marano di Napoli, Naples, Campania Via Cesina, Piano di Sorrento, Naples, Campania Via Belvedere Cesina, Capri, Naples, Campania Via Cesina, Capri, Naples, Campania Strada della Cesina, Latina, Lazio I.C. San Rocco-San Marco-Cesina, Marano di Napoli, Naples, Campania
Places with names derived from Cesina
Cesinali, Avellino, Campania, southern Italy is derived from the toponym.
The term Cesine is used to refer to it as a plural. Charles II of Spain had granted his doctor, Raimondo di Odiboni, the Cesine of Afragola as a fief for services rendered. The Cesine were once wooded land that were converted to farmland by cutting the trees and burning their trunks.
Places called Cesine include:
Cesine, Benevento, Campania
Cesine, Avellino, Campania
Cesine, Potenza, Basilicata
Via Cesine, Benevento, Campania
Via Cesine, Avellino, Campania
Via Cesine Prata di Principato Ultra, Avellino, Campania
Via Cesine, Tocco Caudio, Benevento, Campania
Via Cesine Di Sopra, Cerreto Sannita, Benevento, Campania
Via cesine di sotto, Cerreto Sannita, Benevento, Campania
Via Cesine, Castelvenere, Benevento, Campania
Via Cesine, Marsicovetere, Potenza, Basilicata
Via Cesine, Vallata, Avellino, Campania
Le Cesine, Lecce, Apulia, southern Italy.
In central Italy the toponym contracts in Cesi, Terni, which gives origin to Cesi (surname).
Other derivatives from the toponym in Northern Italy include:
Cesano Boscone, Milan, Lombardy
Cesano Maderno, Monza Brianza, Lombardy
Cesana Torinese, Turin, Piedmont
Sauze di Cesana, Turin, Piedmont
Cesana Brianza, Lecco, Lombardy
The Italian municipality of Cesa, Caserta, Campania originates from the toponym.
Places with names not derived from Cesina
Cesena, an Italian municipality, does not derive from this toponym but from the Latin suffix -caes ('cut'), which refers to a river and not trees.
Cesino, a frazione of the city of Genoa, in the Pontedecimo district, derives from the Ligurian word çêxin, which in Italian means "small cherry tree."