Ragusa

Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”) (modern Albanian rrush)[1][2]

Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)

1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
2. The capital of Ragusa, Italy.
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.

• 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ragusa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• garuas, gauras, guaras

• IPA^(key): /raˈɡu.za/[1]

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

Ragusa f

1. Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)
2. Dubrovnik, Ragusa (a city in Croatia)

   Synonyms: Ragusa di Dalmazia, (rare) Dubrovnik

• ragusano
• raguseo

• garusa

• Hyphenation: Ra‧gu‧sa

Ragusa f

1. Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik, Croatia)

   Synonym: Dubrovnik

2. Ragusa (a mediaeval republic centred in Dubrovnik)

• Rausa (Eye dialect spelling)

From Latin Ragusia.

• IPA^(key): /ʐaˈu.sa/, [ʐaˈu.sa]
• Hyphenation: ra‧gù‧sa

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

• ragusanu