rosland

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noun

Moorish or watery land.

OriginWelsh rhos →
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Meanings

nounrosland (countable and uncountable, plural roslands)

plural roslands

  1. UKcountabledialectaluncountableMoorish or watery land.

    Oh, Melanie […] You used to love […] The billowing of the green marsh-grass, […] You used to love the tinging, cool / Plash of the heron in the pool / Of the wide roslands by Bel' Île, […]

    1899, Florence Wilkinson, “Melanie à Melançon”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 58, page 435

Origin

  1. Welshrhos“a meadow, a moor”
  2. Englishrosland

From Welsh rhos (“a meadow, a moor”) + land.

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APA

rosland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosland

MLA

“rosland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rosland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosland.

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