Carrara

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian Carrara. === Proper noun === Carrara (plural Carraras) A surname from Italian. A town in Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Carrara is the 18550th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1487 individuals. Carrara is most common among White (82.72%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carrara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293. == Italian == === Etymology === From the Roman name, derived from Latin Carrariae (“quarries”), from a Celtic word (likely Ligurian) *kar (“stone”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /karˈra.ra/ Rhymes: -ara Hyphenation: Car‧rà‧ra === Proper noun === Carrara f a town in Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries === Proper noun === Carrara m or f by sense a surname