However, I call my grandmother Nonni, the short form of Nonnina, which is an endearing term for grandmother like granny or gramma. I'm not sure this is proper Italian, but that's how I see it. As far as I know nanni is not Italian, and it certainly does not mean grandfather.
Brooklyn became part of the City of New York in 1898. In the early 1900s, Bensonhurstâs Jewish immigrants, many of them Syrian or Egyptian Jews, joined the mix in the mostly Italian neighborhood. During the first half of the 20th century Jewish children primarily attended the local public schools.
Los Angeles Dodgers Tickets. There are no events available. The team that would become the LA Dodgers was founded in the late 19th century as the Brooklyn Dodgers, so called because of the confusing network of trolley cars that ran through the team's home borough. While in Brooklyn, the Dodgers made history by signing the first African-American player, Jackie Robinson. With Robinson, the team won their first World Series title in 1955. It was shortly thereafter that the team moved to its current home of Los Angeles.