Ragusa

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”) (modern Albanian rrush)[1][2]

Proper noun

Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)

  1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
  2. The capital of Ragusa, Italy.
  3. Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia).
  4. (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
  5. A habitational surname from Italian.

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ragusa is the 12296th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2528 individuals. Ragusa is most common among White (90.43%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998). Albanian etymological dictionary. Leiden: Brill
  2. ^ Vladimir, Orel. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language

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Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈɡu.za/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -uza
  • Hyphenation: Ra‧gù‧sa

Proper noun

Ragusa f

  1. Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)
  2. Dubrovnik, Ragusa (a city in Croatia)
    Synonyms: Ragusa di Dalmazia, (rare) Dubrovnik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ragusa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: Ra‧gu‧sa

Proper noun

Ragusa f

  1. Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik, Croatia)
    Synonym: Dubrovnik
  2. Ragusa (a mediaeval republic centred in Dubrovnik)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • Rausa (Eye dialect spelling)

Etymology

From Latin Ragusia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʐaˈu.sa/,
  • Hyphenation: ra‧gù‧sa

Proper noun

Ragusa

  1. A former province, now Libero Consorzio in Sicily, Italy.
  2. The capital of the Italian Libero Consorzio of Ragusa.
  3. Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia).
  4. (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
  5. a habitational surname

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