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- ↑ Tuan, Laura (2010). Che nome dare al tuo bambino (in Italian). Firenze: Giunti. p. 172. ISBN 9788841240267 . Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "Norma". Think Baby Names. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ Macleod, Iseabail; Freedman, Terry (1995). The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names. Ware: Wordsworth Reference. p. 173. ISBN 1853263664 . Retrieved 9 January 2017.
