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Ruse

proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈɹuːseɪ//
  • //ˈɹuːz//

A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

  2. 2

    A city in northeastern Bulgaria.

  3. 3

    A municipality of Ruse Province, Bulgaria.

  4. 4

    A province in Bulgaria.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥοῦς (rhoûs)der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-der. Latin russusder.? Proto-Slavic *rusъder.? Thraciander.? Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)bor. English Ruse Borrowed from Bulgarian Русе (Ruse).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname.

  2. 2

    A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Ruse.

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse. * As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse. * As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).

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