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* As a Greek surname, variant of Karas. Compare also Carras. * Also as a Greek surname, from the personal name Kyriakos, see also Kyriacou. * As a Romanian surname, from caras (“crucian carp”), see Karas. * As a Jewish surname of Slavic (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene), variant of Karas. * As a Polish (Karaś), Hungarian (Kárász) and Jewish surname, from the "carp" sense above.
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Caras. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caras
“Caras.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caras. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Caras,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caras.
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