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: a city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. [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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• garuas, gauras, guaras

• IPA^(key): /raˈɡu.sa/^[1]

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

Ragusa f

1. Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)
2. Dubrovnik, Ragusa (a city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea)

   Synonyms: Ragusa di Dalmazia, (rare) Dubrovnik

• ragusano
• raguseo

• garusa

• Hyphenation: Ra‧gu‧sa

Ragusa f

1. Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik: a city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea)
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. Ragusa (former name of Dubrovnik: a city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea)
4. (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
5. a habitational surname

• ragusanu