Cross en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /kɹɑs/ (cot-caught-merger)
- krŏs (cot-caught-merger)
- krôs (Australia, General-American)
- /kɹɔs/ (Australia, General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- (Canada) audio
- /kɹɒs/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McCrossen. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kross, from Middle Low German krus (“pitcher, vessel”), which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher, pail, urn”). Also a variant of Kress.
Meanings
- The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
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A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major.
1922, Musical News and Herald, volumes 62-63, page 780:
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United Kingdom: ▸ A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United Kingdom: ▸ A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United Kingdom: ▸ A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United Kingdom: ▸ A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United Kingdom: ▸ A hamlet in Ellesmere Rural parish and Ellesmere Urban parish, north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United Kingdom: ▸ A village in Compton Bishop parish, Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4154).
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in Ireland: ▸ A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in Ireland: ▸ A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A number of places with the name "Cross": ▸ A barangay of Glan, Sarangani, Philippines.
Deriveds
Crossville · Cross-McKusick-Breen syndrome · Holy Cross · St Cross · Cross syndrome · Cross County