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Grau

Grau proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Grau (plural Graus)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Grau

pluralGraus

Origin of Grau

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Grau, a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard. * As a Catalan and southern French surname, from Occitan and Catalan Grau, a topographic surname from grau (“degree, level”). * Also as a Catalan surname, reduced from the personal name Guerau; see Gerald. * As a French surname, from Old French grau (“kind of fork”), from Frankish/Germanic, probably related to Old Norse grein (“fork, branch”).

Questions about Grau

What does Grau mean?
Grau means a surname.
What part of speech is Grau?
Grau is a proper noun.

Words near Grau in the dictionary

  1. gratulation
  2. gratulations
  3. gratulatorily
  4. gratulatory
  5. gratz
  6. Grau
  7. Graubünden
  8. Graue
  9. Grauer
  10. Grauer's broadbill
  11. Grauer's broadbills

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