Roosevelt
proper noun
- family name
- place name
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊ.zə.vɛlt/ / /ˈɹoʊ.zə.vəlt/ / /ˈɾus.vɛlt/
name
Etymology: From a Dutch name of a farm, either Rozenveld (one in Zeeland) or Ruiseveld (one in Brabant), from Middle Dutch; the former could be a compound of rose (“wild rose / poppy?”) + velt (“open country; field”) or like the latter of rusch (“rush reed”) + velt, “open land growing with rushes”.
- An American surname from Dutch; borne by a political family who produced two presidents of the United States.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, given in honor of the presidents.
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- A village in Rivadavia Partido, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- A river in Brazil, formerly named the River of Doubt but named after Theodore Roosevelt following his 1913-14 expedition there.
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