The Centaurs Take Sides

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No: HPFGUIDX 3208

Amanda Lewanski wrote:

Firenze, who actively befriended Harry and disagreed with Bane--Firenze is the Italian for Florence. This probably was just a "sounds cool" thing?

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The connection between Firenze (Florence) and a stargazing centaur is Galileo. He was a very famous astronomer, and he was buried in Firenze. Therefore, the name would be fairly appropriate.

As always, more random HP name stuff can be found at my website: http://www.cornishpixie.cjb.net

Ellie Rosenthal

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