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de Montibus (Latin), del Monte/da Monte (Italian) or de Monte/de Mont (French) is a topographic byname/surname [1] literally meaning "from the mountains/mountain". Notable people with the name include:

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Sometimes the byname included the name or epithet of the mountain in question.

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References

  1. Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", In Laudem Hierosolymitani (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59; p.55