GENUINE GENOESE NAMES IN "NOSTROMO"

[...]the word Fidanza, a real, but rather uncommon Italian surname, in a literary and by now obsolete sense, also means "misplaced trust," the implications of which are very well exploited in the narration of ambiguous events, significantly flowing "from the passions of men short-sighted in good and evil." [...]Nick or Old Nick is familiarly used as a (nick)name (origin unknown, according to the OED) for the Devil. [...]for his character who was both pathetic and of the highest integrity, since he was totally unaware of the inevitable fading of his noble ideals, and of the fact that he was the executioner of the young man he had loved like an adopted son-Conrad coined a name so easy to pronounce, that you could say it all in one breath: giorgioviola. [...]the oldest order of knighthood, the Garter, is in fact dedicated to St. George, the patron saint of England, and St. George's cross, a red cross on a white background, stands out both on the English flag and on the banner of the City of Genoa.