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Rice
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rice RICE ricé -rice
English
<dab!>
Alternative forms
en Rise Wrice
Etymology
As a Welsh surname, en cy Rhys 1, an Anglicization. Compare en Reese, Freese, en Price, and en Preece.
As an English surname, from en ang hris brushwood, shrubbery.
Also as an English surname, from a nickname through en enm - and en xno - from en fr ris laughter smile, laughter.
Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun en rice.
As as en de - surname, Americanized from de Reis shoot shoot, twig, related to the Old English word above. Compare en Ries.
Pronunciation
en /ɹaɪs/
en aɪs 1
en rice
Proper noun
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en Welsh < patronymics.
en Jill Jacobs Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’ w:The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/04/shmuley-boteach-isnt-americas-rabbi/ 2015-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20250820065604/https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/04/shmuley-boteach-isnt-americas-rabbi/ 20 August 2025 This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
en https://web.archive.org/web/20201029114129/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/11/first-time-years-full-moon-will-occur-this-friday-th/ w:The Washington Post For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA. For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th 2019-09-13 Matthew Cappucci
en number of places c/USA:
en former town in the Rice Valley, co/San Bernardino County s/California.
en unincorporated community co/Cloud County s/Kansas.
en city co/Benton County s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Putnam County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Wasco County s/Oregon, named after Horace Rice.
en minor city co/Navarro County s/Texas, named after William Marsh Rice.
en unincorporated community co/Prince Edward County s/Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Stevens County s/Washington, named after William B. Rice.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Rice Township.
Derived terms
en Rice County
Translations
transliteration of the English surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 賴斯 Làisī
Latvian: lv Raisa f, lv Raiss m
Anagrams
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