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Rose

Pronunciation: /ɹoʊz/

The English word “Rose” has 5 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska.
  2. A number of townships, including in Illinois, Michigan (2), Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Rose Township.
  3. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

noun

  1. A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.
  2. The winner of that year's contest.

Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy…

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