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:Non c'è dubbio che gli Arabi abbiano dominato per 2 e passa secoli la Sicilia. Ma dal IX all'XI secolo. È plausibile che abbiano lasciato tracce in un'istituzione che compare assai dopo, in ambiente cristiano e, probabilmente, socio-economiucamente elevato? Con le etimologie si può dir tutto ma attenzione a fare, magari senza volerlo, del bieco anti-islamismo. Che l'Islam sia criticabile non c'è dubbio ma che a esso vada addebitato tutto l'orbe mondo negativo mi sembra non-scientifico e decisamente discriminatorio. --[[Utente:Cloj|<span style="color:green;">'''Cl'''</span>]][[Discussioni utente:Cloj|<span style="color:red;">'''oj'''</span>]] 20:54, 28 mag 2006 (CEST)
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===Origin of the term===
The word 'Mafia' is the noun form of [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]] adjective "mafiusu" which has its roots in Arabic. Roughly translated it means "beautiful", but can also be translated as "cool". In reference to a man, "mafiusu" in nineteenth-century Sicily was ambiguous, signifying a bully, arrogant but also fearless, enterprising, and proud, according to scholar Diego Gambetta.<ref name="mafiusu">This etymology is based on the books ''Mafioso'' by [[Gaia Servadio]], ''The Sicilian Mafia'' by [[Diego Gambetta]], and ''Cosa Nostra'' by [[John Dickie]] (see books). </ref>
The connotation of the word with the criminal secret society was made by the 1863 play [[I mafiusi di la Vicaria]] 'The Beautiful (people) of Vicaria' by [[Giuseppe Rizzotto]] and [[Gaetano Mosca]] which is about criminal gangs in the Palermo prison. The words mafia or mafiusu are never mentioned in the play, and were probably put in the title because it would add local flair.
The association between "mafiusu" and criminal gangs was made by the association the play's title made with the criminal gangs that was new to Siclian and Italian Society at the time. Consequently, the word mafia was generated from fictional source loosely inspired by the real thing and was used by outsiders to describe it. The use of the term mafia was subsequently taken over in the [[Italy|Italian]] state's early reports on the phenomenon. The word "mafia" made its first official appearance in 1865 in a report by the chief prosecutor in Palermo, [[Filippo Antonio Gualtiero]].
== mafie e non mafie ==
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