Ragusa
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”) (modern Albanian rrush)[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)
- A province of Sicily, Italy.
- The capital of Ragusa, Italy.
- Former name of Dubrovnik: a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. [before 1918]
- (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
- A habitational surname from Italian.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]province of Sicily
capital of the Italian province
(historical) Republic of Ragusa
Statistics
[edit]- 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ragusa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ragusa f
- Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)
- Dubrovnik, Ragusa (a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea)
- Synonyms: Ragusa di Dalmazia, (rare) Dubrovnik
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ragusa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈɡu.zɐ/ [haˈɡu.zɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈɡu.zɐ/ [χaˈɡu.zɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈɡu.za/ [haˈɡu.za]
- Hyphenation: Ra‧gu‧sa
Proper noun
[edit]Ragusa f
- Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik: a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea)
- Ragusa (a mediaeval republic centred in Dubrovnik)
Sicilian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Rausa (Eye dialect spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ragusa
- a former province, now Libero Consorzio in Sicily, Italy
- The capital of the Italian Libero Consorzio of Ragusa.
- Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik: a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea)
- (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
- a habitational surname
Derived terms
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- en:Provinces of Italy
- en:Places in Sicily, Italy
- en:Places in Italy
- en:Cities in Italy
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- en:Former names of settlements
- en:Cities in Croatia
- en:Places in Croatia
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- Rhymes:Italian/usa
- Rhymes:Italian/usa/3 syllables
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- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Towns in Sicily, Italy
- it:Towns in Italy
- it:Provinces of Italy
- it:Places in Sicily, Italy
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- pt:Cities in Croatia
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- scn:Places in Sicily, Italy
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