Spanish, Catalan, Asturian-Leonese, Galician
(Cortiña), and Italian: from a diminutive of
Corte. In Spain the precise meaning of the term varies from
language to language: in Catalonia it denotes a farmyard, in Asturies
an unfenced field, and in Galicia cortiña means ‘vegetable
garden’. In Asturies the name can also be habitational, from any of
numerous minor places named with this word, as for example La Cortina.Italian: from a feminine diminutive of corto
‘small’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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