Roosevelt
English
Etymology
From Dutch roos (“rose”) + veld (“field”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.zə.vɛlt/, /ˈɹoʊ.zə.vəlt/; /ˈɹuː.zə.vɛlt/, /ˈɹuː.zə.vəlt/
Audio (RP) (file)
- Hyphenation: Roo‧se‧velt
Proper noun
Roosevelt
- An American surname of Dutch origin, derived from words meaning rose and open country; borne by two Presidents of the U.S.
- (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname, given in honor of the Presidents.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, probably named after Theodore Roosevelt Lake.
- A township in Decatur County, Kansas.
- An unincorporatedcommunity and coal town in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
- A minor city in Lake of the Woods County and Roseau County, Minnesota.
- Two townships, in Beltrami County and Crow Wing County, Minnesota, both named after Theodore Roosevelt.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Douglas County, Missouri, named after Theodore Roosevelt.
- A borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, formerly named Jersey Homesteads and renamed in honour of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.
- Former name of Carteret, New Jersey, renamed in 1922.
- A hamlet and census-designated place in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, named after Theodore Roosevelt.
- A town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, named after Theodore Roosevelt.
- A ghost town in Kimble County, Texas.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Lubbock County, Texas.
- A city in Duchesne County, Utah, named after Theodore Roosevelt.
- An unincorporatedcommunity and census-designated place in Klickitat County, Washington, named after Theodore Roosevelt.
- A neighbourhood in north Seattle, Washington, named after Roosevelt Way.
- A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Pine Lake, Oneida County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Rivadavia Partido, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Derived terms
- FDR
- Roosevelt County
- Roosevelt elk
- Rooseveltian
- rooseveltite
- TR
Translations
surname
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