Ragusa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (modern rrush)[1][2]
Proper noun
Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)
- A province of Sicily, Italy.
- The capital of the Italian province of Ragusa.
- Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia). [before 1918]
- (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
- A habitational surname from Italian.
Translations
province of Sicily
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capital of the Italian province
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Dubrovnik — see Dubrovnik
(historical) Republic of Ragusa
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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
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998). Albanian etymological dictionary. Leiden: Brill
- Vladimir, Orel. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the albanian language
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ragusa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- garuas, gauras, guaras
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈɡu.za/[1]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uza
- Hyphenation: Ra‧gù‧sa
Proper noun
Ragusa f
- Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)
- former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia) [before 1918]
Derived terms
- ragusano
- raguseo
References
- Ragusa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- garusa
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈɡu.zɐ/ [haˈɡu.zɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈɡu.zɐ/ [χaˈɡu.zɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈɡu.za/ [haˈɡu.za]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈɡu.zɐ/ [ʁɐˈɣu.zɐ]
Proper noun
Ragusa f
- Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik, Croatia)
- Synonym: Dubrovnik
- Ragusa (a mediaeval republic centred in Dubrovnik)
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- Rausa (Eye dialect spelling)
Etymology
From Latin Ragusia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʐaˈu.sa/, [ʐaˈu.sa]
- Hyphenation: ra‧gù‧sa
Proper noun
Ragusa
- A former province, now Libero Consorzio in Sicily, Italy.
- The capital of the Italian Libero Consorzio of Ragusa.
- Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia).
- (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
- a habitational surname
Derived terms
- ragusanu
Related terms
- cosacavaḍḍu
- Mòdica
- Ragusa pruvincia e Muòrica sta mincia
- Saragusa