English Explanatory Dictionary

Roswell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A city in Fulton County, Georgia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Canyon County, Idaho.
  5. A city, the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, known for conspiracy theories that its Roswell Army Air Field has recovered UFOs and extraterrestrials.
  6. The most significant ufological event of a region.
  7. A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  8. A census-designated place in Miner County, South Dakota.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɒzˌwɛl/

Word forms

Roswell Roswells

Etymology

Metathesized from Middle English Roweshill, from a contraction of either the Old English personal name Hrōþwulf or its Norman cognate Rolf, Rouf, Rou (in the genitive case, adding -es) + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Derived words

Roswellian

Translations

Japanese: ロズウェル
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