Roswell
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Definitions
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A place in the United States:; A city in Fulton County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
- 3 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Canyon County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
- 4 A place in the United States:; 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. countable, uncountable
"(1997) So go on with your life / Forget that Roswell crap / Show love to the black suit / 'Cuz that's the Men In … Black "Men in Black" by Will Smith (1997)"
- 5 A place in the United States:; 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.; The most significant ufological event of a region. countable, uncountable
"Among the cases he examined was an incident that has come to be known as England’s Roswell."
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
- 7 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Miner County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"(1997) So go on with your life / Forget that Roswell crap / Show love to the black suit / 'Cuz that's the Men In … Black "Men in Black" by Will Smith (1997)"
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”).
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