Ragusa
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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)
- A province of Sicily, Italy.
- The capital of Ragusa, Italy.
- 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
capital of the Italian province
(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
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ragusa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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