Ruby.
A female given name.
Meaning & usage
A female given name.
A surname.
A male given name.
A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed in the 1990s.
A city in Alaska.
A ghost town in Arizona.
A town in South Carolina.
A town in Wisconsin.
A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Where this word comes from
The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.
A curry; ellipsis of Ruby Murray.
We're going down the Indian for a Ruby; wanna join us?
Where this word comes from
The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.
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