In the US, Bourassa is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The American pronunciation, specifically in Thorntonm, CO, USA, is
B oh R AW s AW
b sounds like the 'b' in bat
oh sounds like the 'o' in so
r sounds like the 'r' in rat
aw sounds like the 'aw' in law
s sounds like the 's' in so
"From a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs ‘frieze’, a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra ‘coarse untreated wool’), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade."
Type of Name:
Last Name
Origin:
Canadian French, Poitou Region Of France
Other spelling(s):
Bourrasse, Bouras
Meaning:
Applied As A Nickname For Someone Who Habitually Wore Brown Or A Metonymic Occupational Name For A Worker In The Wool Trade
In the US, Bourassa is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The American pronunciation, specifically in Thorntonm, CO, USA, is
BOUR -'Ahh'-'sAw'
BOUR - rhymes with 'FOUR'
"From a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs ‘frieze’, a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra ‘coarse untreated wool’), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade."
Type of Name:
Last Name
Origin:
Canadian French, Poitou Region Of France
Other spelling(s):
Bourrasse, Bouras
Meaning:
Applied As A Nickname For Someone Who Habitually Wore Brown Or A Metonymic Occupational Name For A Worker In The Wool Trade
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