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rova

Pronunciation: /²ruːva/

“rova” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a vegetable cultigen with a meaty root from the Rapifera group within the Brassica rapa species, such as the turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa)
  2. a large older type of pocket watch; a turnip

Etymology

From Old Swedish rova, probably from Middle Low German rove, a European wanderword related to Latin rapa, rapum (“turnip”) and Greek ῥάφη (rháphē, “turnip”). Doublet of rabba.

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