Rosetta

Translingual

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Rosetta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the class Acantharea – certain chromists.

References

• Acantharea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acantharea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Acantharia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Rosetta (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈzɛtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈzɛtə/
• Rhymes: -ɛtə

Etymology 1

Likely borrowed from Arabic رَشِيد (rašīd) eventually.

Proper noun

Rosetta

1. A town in northern Egypt.
2. A suburb of Hobart, in the City of Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia.
3. A village in Mpofana Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Rosetta.

Proper noun

Rosetta (plural Rosettas)

1. A female given name from Italian.
2. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rosetta is the 39960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 549 individuals. Rosetta is most common among White (59.74%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (26.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rosetta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• reostat, rotates, stoater, toaster

Italian

Etymology

A diminutive of the personal name Rosa.

Proper noun

Rosetta f

1. a female given name

Proper noun

Rosetta m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Anagrams

• attorse, estorta, restato, rotaste, sottrae, statore, tasterò, tostare, tosterà