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Girone is an Italian name
It comes from an ancient Germanic personal name
Gero, Geronis, Geron, also occurring in the form Gerone.

Most commonly found around Naples.

girone,  /gi·ró·ne/,  /dʒi'rone/, masculine noun

1. a large circular area.

2. a circular outline or space of considerable width or extension.

3. wide curve (of a river, street, etc.)

4. (archaic) a thick circle of defensive walls; a rampart

5. (sports) round, leg, series of games

girone d’andata

first round, first half of the season, first leg

girone di ritorno

second round, second half of the season, return round, second leg

serie C girone A

series C round A

6. (literature) any one of the three concentric zones in which Dante divides the seventh circle of hell.

7. oar handle