"Caras" meaning in English

See Caras in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Carases [plural]
Etymology: * As a Greek surname, variant of Karas. Compare also Carras. * Also as a Greek surname, from the personal name Kyriakos, see also Kyriacou. * As a Romanian surname, from caras (“crucian carp”), see Karas. * As a Jewish surname of Slavic (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene), variant of Karas. * As a Polish (Karaś), Hungarian (Kárász) and Jewish surname, from the "carp" sense above. Etymology templates: {{der|en|el|-}} Greek, {{der|en|ro|-}} Romanian, {{der|en|sla|-}} Slavic, {{der|en|uk|-}} Ukrainian, {{der|en|be|-}} Belarusian, {{der|en|cs|-}} Czech, {{der|en|sh|-}} Serbo-Croatian, {{der|en|sl|-}} Slovene, {{der|en|pl|-}} Polish, {{der|en|hu|-}} Hungarian Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Caras (plural Carases)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Caras-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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