Lazzara is a surname originating from the
Aramaic given name
Lazar, which is a form of the Hebrew name
Elazar. This name is a conjunction of "El", meaning God and of "Azar", which means help. This translates roughly as "may God help him" or "God has helped". Historically, particular habits may have caused nicknames to become surnames; in Italy, Lazzara may have arisen from one who was a beggar, or biblically from
leper.
[Wheeler, p. 211.]
Lazzara may refer to:
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Adam Lazzara (born 1981), lead singer for
Taking Back Sunday
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Bernadette Peters (originally Lazzara; born 1948), actress and singer
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Marco Lazzara
Marco Lazzara (born 1962) is an Italian countertenor who sings a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque composers to those of the 20th century and has performed in a number of notable premieres and revivals of rarely performed operas. He has recorded ...
(born 1962), 20th-century Italian
countertenor
A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a s ...
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Michael Lazzara
Michael A. Lazzara is a North Carolina politician.
Early life and education
Lazzara was born in Palermo, Sicily and raised in Chicago.
Military career
Lazzara served in the United States Marine Corps from 1982 to 1986 and was stationed at Cam ...
, American politician
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Richard A. Lazzara (born 1945), judge for the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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