Rusca

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Rusca m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

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(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʊs.ka]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrus.ka]

Rusca m sg (genitive Ruscae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Pinarius Rusca, a Roman tribune

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Rusca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From ruscă (“red hill, red ravine”).

Rusca f

1. a village in Lăpușna, Hîncești Raion, Moldova
2. a river in Suceava, Romania, tributary to the Bistrița
3. a river in Galați, Romania, tributary to the Siret
4. a river in Suceava, Romania, tributary to the Sucevița
5. a river in Caraș-Severin, Romania, tributary to the Bistra
6. a village in Teregova, Caraș-Severin County, Romania
7. a village in Dorna-Arini, Suceava County, Romania
8. a village in Pădureni, Vaslui County, Romania