"Rau" meaning in All languages combined

See Rau on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Rau
  1. A surname from German.

Proper name [German]

Audio: De-Rau.ogg Forms: Raus [genitive, masculine], Rau [genitive, masculine], Rau [feminine, genitive], Raus [plural]
Etymology: * As a German surname, from obsolete rau (“rough, hairy, shaggy”). * As an English surname, a Medieval variant of Ralph. * As a Sicilian Italian surname, variant of Rao, from a derivative of the Germanic name Rudolph. * As a Hindi surname, spelling variant of Rao. Etymology templates: {{der|de|it|-}} Italian, {{der|de|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|de|hi|-}} Hindi Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Rau m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Raus or (with an article) Rau, feminine genitive Rau, plural Raus)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname

Proper name [Sicilian]

IPA: /ˈɾa.u/ Forms: Rao [alternative]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Catalan Grau (with regular lenition of the initial sound), a toponymic surname. Possibly akin to Ngrau (cfr. Italian Ingrao) and Ngraudu (cfr. Italian Ingraldo). Etymology templates: {{unc|scn}} Uncertain, {{bor|scn|ca|Grau}} Catalan Grau, {{cog|it|Ingrao}} Italian Ingrao, {{cog|it|Ingraldo}} Italian Ingraldo Head templates: {{head|scn|proper noun}} Rau
  1. a surname, Rau
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