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Definition: ROSELLA |
ROSELLANoun1. A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow. |
"ROSELLA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rose". |
Etymology: Rosella \Ro"sel"la\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of Latin rosa rose.]. (references) |
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| "Rosella Feeding" by Dennis Bale Commentary: "A rosella feeds on seeds on a burnt-out hill in the aftermath of the Canberra fires, January 2003." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "ROSELLA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ROSELLA" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ROSELLA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Rosella | First name Female | 10,000 | 910 |
| Rosella | Last name | 130 | 60,711 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ROSELLA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rose". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "ROSELLA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Roselle | Female | French | Rosa |
| Rosette | Female | French | Rosa |
| Rosine | Female | French | Rosa |
| Rosa | Female | Italian | N/A |
| Rosangela | Female | Italian | Rosa |
| Rosella | Female | Italian | Rosa |
| Rosetta | Female | Italian | Rosa |
| Rosina | Female | Italian | Rosa |
| Rosa | Female | Portuguese | N/A |
| Rosa | Female | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Rosa | Female | Spanish | N/A |
| Rosita | Female | Spanish | Rosa |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "ROSELLA": Rosella hemp. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rosella | 111 |
eastern rosella | 22 |
parrot rosella | 12 |
crimson rosella | 11 |
bird rosella | 7 |
rosella parakeet | 5 |
brescia rosella | 4 |
mutation rosella | 4 |
parakeets rosella | 4 |
western rosella | 3 |
adelaide rosella | 2 |
eastern parrot rosella | 2 |
green rosella | 2 |
rosella virus | 2 |
rash rosella | 2 |
rosella sgrenci | 2 |
eastern parakeet rosella | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ROSELLA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | roselle (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow), rosella (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | |
Dutch | roselle (Java jute, Kenaf, red sorrel, Rosella hemp, Roselle, Siam jute, thorny mallow), zuring (dock, sorrel), Amerikaans zuur (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | |
French | oseille rouge (roselle), oseille de Guinée (roselle). (various references) | |
German | roter Sauerampfer (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow), Guinea-Eibisch (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | |
Greek | ιβίσκος η σαβδαρίφη (red sorrel, roselle). (various references) | |
Italian | rosella (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osellaray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | malva espinhosa (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow), juta de Java (Java jute, Kenaf, red sorrel, Rosella hemp, Roselle, Siam jute, thorny mallow), azeda da Jamaica (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | |
Spanish | rosella (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow), jamaica (Jamaica), agrio de Guinea (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow), acedera colorada (red sorrel, roselle, thorny mallow). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Hibiscus sabdariffa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"ROSELLA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Drusilla, Frutella, Koskela, Mosella, Orseolo, Rassella, Rastelli, Roeselare, Rohela, Romell, Rosel, Rosla, Rossalls, Rosselli, Rotala, Rotola, Rousselle, Rousselot, Rozalla, Rozelaar, Rozelle, Rozells, Rusalka, Ruscello, Sorella, Sorelle, Toselli. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ROSELLA" (pronounced 'Ro"sel"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-l-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: loreal. | |
-2 letters: aloes, arles, arose, earls, lares, laser, lears, loral, lores, losel, loser, ollas, orals, orles, rales, reals, roles, rolls, salol, seral, solar, sorel. | |
-3 letters: aero, ales, alls, aloe, also, ares, arse, earl, ears, ells, eras, eros, lars, lase, leal, lear, leas, lore, lose, oars, olea, oles, olla, oral, ores, orle, osar, rale. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-l-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: allegros, allovers, overalls, reallots, rostella, sallower. | |
+2 letters: allostery, allotters, alveolars, appellors, arillodes, balloters, bargellos, beadrolls, carollers, collarets, coveralls, falderols, fellators, forestall, gallopers, hallowers, martellos, overcalls, preallots, rocailles, rostellar, scalloper, shallower, steamroll, swallower, wallopers, wallowers. | |
+3 letters: allegories, allegorise, allegorist, allosteric, allotropes, caballeros, chloralose, chlorellas, collarless, coralbells, corallines, flavorless, forestalls, hollowares, legislator, lowlanders, marvellous, organelles, patrollers, pellagrous, personally, reclosable, resolvable, romeldales, saltarello, scallopers, sclerotial, softballer, steamrolls, superalloy, swallowers, wholesaler. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Digital Art | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Names: Derived from 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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