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Riso

Riso proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Riso (plural Risos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Riso

pluralRisos

Origin of Riso

* As an Italian surname, from a personal name said to be of Germanic origin, Oderisio. * As an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from riso (“laughter”).

Questions about Riso

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

Words near Riso in the dictionary

  1. risky
  2. Risley
  3. Risleys
  4. Risner
  5. Risners
  6. Riso
  7. risocaine
  8. risoglitazone
  9. risograph
  10. risographs
  11. risoluto

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