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About my last name...

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No,  I do not own Kastrati Fuel Co. Just saw this in Wikipedia... for all of you wondering about my last name's origin/meaning... Kastrati From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kastrati is one of five tribes in the Malësi e Madhe district in Northern Albania . The word derives from the Latin castrum [1] [2] , and the local tribesman relate that their name comes from their hero, George Kastrioti widely known as the great Skanderbeg . References ^ castle Look up castle at Dictionary.com late O.E. castel, from O.N.Fr. castel, from L. castellum "fortified village," dim. of castrum "fort;" cognate with O.Ir. cather, Welsh caer "town" (and perhaps related to castrare "cut off"). This word had come to O.E. as ceaster and formed the -caster and -chester in place names. Sp. alcazar "castle" is from Ar. al-qasr, from L. castrum. The move in chess is recorded under this name from 1656. In early bibles, castle was used to transl...