Rice
nom proprecourant dans les dialogues
- //ɹaɪs//
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
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A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
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A number of places in the United States: A former town in the Rice Valley, San Bernardino County, California.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Benton County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, named after Horace Rice.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Navarro County, Texas, named after William Marsh Rice.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, named after William B. Rice.
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A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rice Township.
Étymologie
* As a Welsh surname, borrowed from Welsh Rhys, an Anglicization. Compare Reese, Freese, Price, and Preece. * As an English surname, from Old English hris (“brushwood, shrubbery”). * Also as an English surname, from a nickname through Middle English and Anglo-Norman from French ris (“smile, laughter”). * Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun rice. * As as German surname, Americanized from Reis (“shoot, twig”), related to the Old English word above. Compare Ries.
Formes
- pluriel
- Rices
Rice · A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
rich · Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.Rich · A diminutive of the male given name Richard.Richard · A male given name from the Germanic languages.