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Character Name

Assunta

Meaning — From the Italian assunta meaning "assumed, taken up", the past participle of assumere, from the Latin ad (to) and sumere (to take). The name refers to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Catholic doctrine that Mary was taken bodily into heaven at the end of her life. It is one of the most distinctively Italian Catholic given names, particularly common in Southern Italy and Sicily.·Latin origin·Female·as-SOON-tah

Assunta Assunta is one of the most theologically specific Italian names — given directly to honor the Marian feast of the Assumption, it places the bearer within the cycle of Catholic devotional time and identifies her with the moment of Mary's translation from earth to heaven. In Southern Italian culture the Assumption (August 15) is one of the year's great celebrations, connecting the name to summer, community, and the joy of communal faith. A character named Assunta inhabits a world where the sacred and the everyday are continuously intertwined.

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