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Ruth.

Ruth (Moabite woman, Biblical character)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/rʏt/

  1. Ruth (Moabite woman, Biblical character)

    Judaism · feminine

  2. Ruth (book of the Hebrew Bible; the eighth book according to the Christian canon)

    Judaism · feminine

  3. a female given name

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ruth, from Latin Ruth, from Koine Greek Ῥούθ (Rhoúth), from Biblical Hebrew רוּת (rut).

name

  1. a hamlet in Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
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