Carrara
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian Carrara.
Proper noun
[edit]Carrara (plural Carraras)
- A surname from Italian.
- A town in Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Carrara is the 18550th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1487 individuals. Carrara is most common among White (82.72%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carrara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Roman name, derived from Latin Carrariae (“quarries”), from a Celtic word (likely Ligurian) *kar (“stone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Carrara f
- A town in Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries
Proper noun
[edit]Carrara m or f by sense
- a surname
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- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ara
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- Italian lemmas
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