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Type Settlement
Usage Spanish
Pronounced Pron. /ron̟.θes.ˈβ̞a.ʎes/(European Spanish) /ron̟.ses.ˈβ̞a.ʎes/(Latin American Spanish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Derived from Latin roscida vallis meaning "dewy valley". Alternatively, it may be derived from Basque *Erozabal meaning "the plain of the Erro valley", which may have later mutated into Rozavalles, a form first recorded in 1050. This is the name of a town and municipality in Navarra, located in the Spanish Pyrenees, where in 778 Charlemagne lost a famous battle against Arabs.