Ragusa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (modern rrush)

Proper noun

Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)

1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
2. The capital of the Italian province of Ragusa.
3. Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia). [before 1918]
4. (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
5. A habitational surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ragusa is the 12296^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2528 individuals. Ragusa is most common among White (90.43%) individuals.

Translations

province of Sicily

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉古薩 (Lāgǔsà)

• French: Raguse (fr) f
• Greek: Ραγκούσα (Ragkoúsa)
• Italian: Ragusa (it) f

• Japanese: ラグーザ (Ragūza)
• Latin: Ragusa f, Ragusium n
• Russian: Рагу́за (ru) f (Ragúza)
• Sicilian: Ragusa f
• Venetian: Raguxa f

capital of the Italian province

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉古薩 (Lāgǔsà)

• French: Raguse (fr) f
• Italian: Ragusa (it) f

• Japanese: ラグーザ (Ragūza)
• Russian: Рагу́за (ru) f (Ragúza)
• Sicilian: Ragusa f
• Venetian: Raguxa f

Dubrovnik — see Dubrovnik

(historical) Republic of Ragusa

• Sicilian: Ragusa f
• Venetian: Raguxa f

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈɡu.sa/

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: Ra‧gù‧sa

Proper noun

Ragusa f

1. Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)
2. former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia) [before 1918]

Derived terms

• ragusano
• raguseo

Anagrams

• garusa

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ʁaˈɡu.zɐ/, [haˈɡu.zɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ʁaˈɡu.zɐ/, [haˈɡu.zɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ʁaˈɡu.zɐ/, [χaˈɡu.zɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ʁɐˈɡu.zɐ/, [ʁɐˈɣu.zɐ]

Proper noun

Ragusa f

1. Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik, Croatia)

   Synonym: Dubrovnik

2. Ragusa (a mediaeval republic centred in Dubrovnik)

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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

1. A former province, now Libero Consorzio in Sicily, Italy.
2. The capital of the Italian Libero Consorzio of Ragusa.
3. Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia).
4. (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
5. a habitational surname.

Derived terms

• ragusanu

Related terms

• cosacavaḍḍu
• Mòdica
• Ragusa pruvincia e Muòrica sta mincia
• Saragusa