Roseau

See also: roseau

English

Etymology

From French roseau (“reed”), originally named by French explorers for the river reeds found there.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈzəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊ

Proper noun

Roseau

1. The capital city of Dominica.
2. A city, the county seat of Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
3. A town in Saint Lucia.

Derived terms

• Roseau County

Translations

capital of Dominica

• Arabic: رُوسُو f (rōsō)
• Armenian: Ռոզո (Ṙozo)
• Asturian: Roseau (ast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅索 / 罗索 (zh) (Luósuǒ)

• Danish: Roseau
• Dutch: Roseau n
• Hindi: रोज़ो m (rozo)
• Japanese: ロゾー (ja) (Rozō)
• Khmer: រ៉ូសូ (km) (rousou)
• Korean: 로조 (Rojo)
• Marathi: रोझो (rojho)
• Polish: Roseau (pl) n
• Portuguese: Roseau f
• Russian: Розо́ (ru) m (Rozó)
• Vietnamese: Rô-dô

Anagrams

• arouse

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Roseau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔz.ɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔzɔ
• Syllabification: Ro‧seau

Proper noun

Roseau n (indeclinable)

1. Roseau (the capital city of Dominica)

Further reading

• “Roseau”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Roseau f

1. Roseau (the capital city of Dominica)