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English
Etymology
Noun
Sugar
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S.
- Synonym: Sierra
Proper noun
Sugar (plural Sugars)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sugar is the 19390th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1394 individuals. Sugar is most common among White (87.66%) individuals.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Sugar, from sugar, from Middle English sugre, sucre, from Middle French sucre, from Old French çucre, from Old Italian zúccharo, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian škl (šakar) (Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫢𐫞𐫡 (šqr)), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”), akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”).
Proper noun
Sugar
- a female given name from English