Ross

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(countable, uncountable) An English and Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic derived from any of several places of that name, from Scottish Gaelic ros (“headland”).
(countable, uncountable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of early 19th century and later usage.
(countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States:
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(countable, uncountable) A hamlet in Middleton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1336).
(countable, uncountable) A coastal hamlet south of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6444).
(countable, uncountable) A coastal locality near Burnmouth, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9660).
(countable, uncountable) A village in Northern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
(countable, uncountable) A small town in the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɔs/

Cognate with Welsh

rhos

In summary

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There were also several Norman families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare Rose, Rhodes. * As an English surname, from Wrose in Shipley, with loss of initial w. * As an English and German surname, from derivatives of the old Germanic root common in names *hrōþi (“fame”). Compare Rossell. * As a Cornish surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from ros (“heathland”), related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See Rouse. * As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses, from the regional/poetic noun Ross (“horse”). Doublet of horse. * Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from Rose.