Rosa Definition

rōzə; It pzä
proper name
Mountain in the Pennine Alps, on the Swiss-Italian border: 15,217 ft (4,638 m)
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pronoun

A female given name ; a Latinized variant of Rose.

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verb

(slang, Australia) To hide, vanish, shadow.

Weren't we meant to have dinner with Jane?
No, she unfortunately had to rosa.
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noun

(slang, Australia) No-show, someone who does not show up as expected.

Every time we organise to have dinner, she never turns up.
I know, she is such a rosa.
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Synonyms:
  • genus Rosa
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Origin of Rosa

  • Believed to derive from the name of the Australian native bird rosella (genus Platycercus), a small parrot noted for its ability to vanish when the need arises.

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  • From Latin rosa (“rose").

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Rosa Sentence Examples

  • To the east this plain stretches in an unbroken level, as far as the eye can follow it, towards Venice and the Adriatic; on the southern side the line of the Apennines from Bologna to Genoa closes the view; to the west rise the Maritime, Cottian and Graian Alps, with Monte Viso as their central point; while northward are the Pennine, Helvetic and Rhaetian Alps, of which Monte Rosa, the Saasgrat and Monte Leone are the most conspicuous features.

  • Below Aosta also the Dora Baltea receives several considerable tributaries, which descend from the glaciers between Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa.

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  • Or the west side of the lake the Toccia or Tosa descends from the pass of the Gries nearly due south to Domodossola, where it receives the waters of the Doveria from the Simplon, and a few miles lower down those of the Val d'Anzasca from the foot of Monte Rosa, and 12 m.

  • The mining operations are chiefly centred in the Sierra Mojada, Sierra Carmen, and in the Santa Rosa valley.

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Words Starting With

RROROS

Words Ending With

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