Rice
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As a Welsh surname, borrowed from Welsh Rhys, an Anglicization. Compare Reese, 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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rice (countable and uncountable, plural Rices)
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- A number of places in the United States:
- A former town in the Rice Valley, San Bernardino County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas.
- A city in Benton County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, named after Horace Rice.
- A minor city in Navarro County, Texas, named after William Marsh Rice.
- An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, named after William B. Rice.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rice Township.
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Welsh
- English surnames from patronymics
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