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Roswell
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English
Etymology
Metathesized from en enm Roweshill, from a contraction of either the en ang - personal name ang Hrōþwulf or its en nrf - cognate nrf Rolf, nrf Rouf, nrf Rou (in the genitive case, adding ang -es) + en ang hyll hill.Survey of English Place-Names
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɒzˌwɛl/
Proper noun
~ s
en.
en place c/USA:
en city co/Fulton County s/Georgia. TopoZone: Roswell, Georgia
en unincorporated community co/Canyon County s/Idaho.
en city/county seat co/Chaves County s/New Mexico, known for conspiracy theories that its Roswell Army Air Field has recovered UFOs and extraterrestrials. TopoZone: Roswell, New Mexico
(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)
The most significant ufological event of a region.
en 1998 Jim Wilson Six Unexplainable Encounters Popular Mechanics Hearst Magazines 66 Among the cases he examined was an incident that has come to be known as England’s Roswell.
en 2007 Rodney Castleden Natural Disasters That Changed the World Book Sales 272 Kazantsev’s story was for some unaccountable reason taken seriously in the West, leading to some enthusiasts referring to Tunguska as the Russian Roswell.
en 2008 Noe Torres; Ruben Uriarte Mexico's Roswell: The Chihuahua UFO Crash 3 Lulu.com Dubbed “Mexico’s Roswell,” the mid-air collision near Coyame of an airplane and a UFO has been the subject of a major documentary for the History Channel’s UFO Hunters series in 2008, and numerous articles in newspapers, magazines, and Websites.
en village co/Tuscarawas County s/Ohio.
en CDP co/Miner County s/South Dakota.
Derived terms
en Roswellian
Translations
place name
Japanese: ja ロズウェル Rozuweru
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Roswell is the 38582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Roswell is most common among White (86.56%) individuals.
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Further reading
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