Ruse

Ruse

Ruse , city (1993 pop. 170,209), NE Bulgaria, on the Danube River bordering Romania. The chief river port of Bulgaria, it is also an industrial and communications center. It has shipyards, a petroleum refinery, and varied manufactures, including chemicals, dyes, varnishes, heavy machinery, computer hardware, foodstuffs, and textiles. Ruse is the seat of an Eastern Orthodox metropolitan and of a Roman Catholic bishop. Founded (2d cent. BC) as Prista, it became a Roman naval station. Under Turkish rule (15th-19th cent.) Ruse, known as Ruschuk, served as a military base. Elias Canetti was born there. The city has a polytechnic institute and is noted for its old churches and mosques.

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Ruse, Bulgaria Sexantaprista, Rusçuk/Rustchuk, Chervena Founded as a protected harbour by the Romans in the 1st century bc and called Sexantaprista ‘(Harbour for) Sixty Ships’. The Ottoman Turks built a new military base and called it Rusçuk from which the present name is derived. It may be associated with rus ‘fair’ or ‘blond’ while cherven means ‘red’, both possibly referring to hair colour. It is also a district which until 1993 was called Razgrad. It is sometimes spelt Rousse.

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ruse / roōz; roōs/ • n. an action intended to deceive someone; a trick: Eleanor tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house.

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ruse †detour, doubling in the track XV; trick, dodge XVII. — (O)F., f. ruser drive back; of uncert. orig.

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