Cruz
/kɹuːz/
Cruz proper noun: a surname from Ibero-Romance.
Proper noun (1)
- A surname from Ibero-Romance.
- From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thing” and the Times writes some stilted, breathless article about the meme as disinformation.2022 May 9, Max Read, “What Is “The Current Thing”?”, in Slate, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2022
Proper noun (2)
Cruz
- A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.
Cruz meaning in Hindi
Cruz in Hindi
- Translations
- क्रुस krus
Forms of Cruz
| alternative form | Crus |
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Origin of Cruz
From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).
Derived from Ibaloi kurus (“the hanging of horns of sacrificed animals”), wherein it took place in the area.
Words formed from Cruz
Phrases with Cruz
- Amor Cruz
- Vera Cruz
- Santa Cruz
- Cancún Cruz
- Salina Cruz
- Puerto La Cruz
- Santa Cruz Sur
- Vera Cruz jalap
- Santa Cruz Norte
- Vera Cruz jalaps
- Baybay Santa Cruz
- Puerto de la Cruz
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with Cruz
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- transfuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- yous
- 'scuse
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
Questions about Cruz
- What does Cruz mean?
- Cruz means a surname from Ibero-Romance.
- What is Cruz in Hindi?
- Cruz in Hindi is क्रुस (krus). See Cruz meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Cruz?
- Cruz is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Cruz?
- Cruz is pronounced /kɹuːz/.
Words near Cruz in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Cruz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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