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Ciocia ( in Rome and Northern Lazio; plural ''ciocie'') is a modern Roman dialect's term to indicate a footwear of some mountainous areas of Southern and South-Eastern Europe, in particular Central and Southern Italy as well as the 
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Central and Southern Italian poor peasants and shepherds used to wear ''ciocie'' and they were represented in the 19th century in paintings and poetry for their typical shoes and for their coloured clothes.
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Origins and history
The name probably comes from late Latin ''soccus'', meaning slipper. It has many other forms in some Italian dialects like ''chioca'', ''chiochiera'', ''ciòcero'' or ''sciòscio'' inNeapolitan language
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similar footwears are reported as well.
In the traditional form, ''ciocie'' were made of large soles in leather and straps (''strenghe'' or ''curiole'') with which the leg was tied from the ankle to the knee. Before donning the ''ciocie'', the feet, ankles, and calves were covered by a large napkin (''pezza'', plural ''pezze''), instead of socks.
See also
* Ciociaria *Central Italian
Central Italian (Italian: ''dialetti mediani'') refers to Italo-Romance varieties spoken in the so-called ''Area Mediana'', which covers a swathe of the central Italian peninsula. ''Area Mediana'' is also used in a narrower sense to describe the ...
* Southern Italian
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La ciocia.it
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Abruzzo Ciociaria Italian folklore Italian clothing Footwear Molise Folk footwear Shoes Sandals