What did the Sicilians refer to their organization prior to importing the Cosa Nostra terminology from the Americans? Honored Society?
The feds added theâ€La†but many American members are geared referring to it as “La†Cosa Nostra....is that just an example of the newer generations picking up on the “La†from the news/LE? A form of life imitating art?
this organization never had a real name, it was called 'the sect' before 1860, 'mafia' after 1860 and 'cosa nostra' since the 1950s, it has not a proper name although it's the same since at least the 1830s, the members anyway always called themselves 'men of honour' since the beginning, the real name should be honoured society
