Roswell
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English
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”).[1]
Proper noun
Roswell (countable and uncountable, plural Roswells)
- A surname.
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Fulton County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Canyon County, Idaho.
- 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.
- (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.
- 1998, Jim Wilson, “Six Unexplainable Encounters”, in Popular Mechanics, Hearst Magazines, page 66:
- Among the cases he examined was an incident that has come to be known as England’s Roswell.
- 2007, Rodney Castleden, Natural Disasters That Changed the World, Book Sales, page 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.
- 2008, Noe Torres, Ruben Uriarte, Mexico's Roswell: The Chihuahua UFO Crash, Lulu.com, page 3:
- 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.
- A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Miner County, South Dakota.
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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.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Roswell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.