Rougé vs Roy

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Rougé (Breton: Ruzieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It lies near Rennes. The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means the red place.

The name was used to call "the red place" because of the high iron-composition of the ground.

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Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman roy, meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, rey or roy (modern roi), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world.

In India, Roy is a variant of the surname Rai, likewise meaning "king". It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ruadh, meaning "red".

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