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Ragusa

American  
[rah-goo-zah] / rɑˈgu zɑ /

noun

  1. a province in SE Italy.

  2. a city in and the capital of this province.

  3. a city in SE Sicily.

  4. Italian name of Dubrovnik.


Ragusa British  
/ raˈɡuːza /

noun

  1. an industrial town in SE Sicily. Pop: 68 956 (2001)

  2. the Italian name (until 1918) for Dubrovnik

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It’s just really comforting to me to have some sense of control when everything else feels so out of control right now,” Ragusa says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

“The NHS-Galleri trial provides the strongest evidence to date that multicancer early detection can shift the stage at which cancers are detected at a population level,” said Grail CEO Bob Ragusa.

From MarketWatch Feb. 20, 2026

The defence team says the trial in Ragusa is the first of its kind in Italy.

From Barron's Oct. 21, 2025

Mekka played Carmine Ragusa, Shirley's love interest, in the popular sitcom that run on ABC from 1976 to 1983.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2021

But this intellectual development was the work of a small and opulent minority in all the cities except Ragusa.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

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