Etymology

Ragusa

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Today it means: A province of Sicily, Italy. Full definition →

Italian Ragusa ← Latin Ragusia ← Proto-Albanian *rāguša
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  1. Proto-Albanian · derived from*rāguša“grape”
  2. Latin · derived fromRagusia
  3. Italian · borrowed fromRagusa
  4. English todayRagusa

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

First known use, by meaning

  • before 1918 Former name of Dubrovnik: a port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea.

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