Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ragusa

/ɹɑɡˈusə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables: ra-gusa
IPA: /ɹɑɡˈusə/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Sicily, Italy.

Countable; Uncountable

name

The capital of Ragusa, Italy.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Former name of Dubrovnik: a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea.

Countable; Uncountable

name

The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Italian.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: Ragusa, Ragusia, *rāguša

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ragusas (plural)

Derived Forms

Ragusan

Rhymes With

medusa musa tuscaloosa susa coosa busa tusa larussa siragusa

Questions

How do you pronounce ragusa?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɑɡˈusə/.
What does ragusa mean?: A province of Sicily, Italy.
Where does ragusa come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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