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Rosa

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɹəʊzə//
  • United States//ˈɹoʊzə//

A female given name from Latin; a Latinized variant of Rose.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from Latin; a Latinized variant of Rose.

    Mercedes moved away from Jack and gripping Rosa's hand – her own nails were too short – she took a pinch and inhaled it. Rosa kissed Mercedes on the lips then took a further nailful and offered it to Jack who shook his head.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosabor. English Rosa Borrowed from Latin rosa (“rose”).

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).