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Cruz

//kɹuːz// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).

Etymology 2

Derived from Ibaloi kurus (“the hanging of horns of sacrificed animals”), wherein it took place in the area.

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