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Ruse.

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

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɹuːseɪ/
  1. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

  2. A city in northeastern Bulgaria.

  3. A municipality of Ruse Province, Bulgaria.

  4. A province in Bulgaria.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥοῦς (rhoûs)der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰ-tós Proto-Italic *russos Latin russusder.? Proto-Slavic *rusъder.? Thraciander.? Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)bor. English Ruse Borrowed from Bulgarian Русе (Ruse).

name/ˈɹuːz/
  1. A surname.

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

Where this word comes from

* 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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