Carrara
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian Carrara.
Proper noun[edit]
Carrara (plural Carraras)
- A surname from Italian.
- A town in Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Carrara is the 18550th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1487 individuals. Carrara is most common among White (82.72%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carrara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Roman name, derived from Latin Carrariae (“quarries”), from a Celtic word (likely Ligurian) *kar (“stone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Carrara f
- A town in Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries
Proper noun[edit]
Carrara m or f by sense
- a surname
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- en:Towns in Tuscany
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Celtic languages
- Italian terms derived from Ligurian
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ara
- Rhymes:Italian/ara/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Towns in Tuscany
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- it:Places in Tuscany
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- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames