Roseau
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- proper noun
- The island's vibrant cultural scene can be experienced firsthand in Roseau, the capital of Dominica.
- Roseau, Dominica
- the capital, Roseau
Examples
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One night, at Springfield Plantation Inn in the hills above Roseau, we had two ground provisions, each of them construable as a potato homologue.
Academic text (1990) -
She called them johnny cakes, a name that may have traveled here from the United States long ago, as part of a circulating path of black people and their culture, whose latest contribution to Dominica was a T-shirt welcoming Nelson Mandela to New York, worn in Roseau the day after Mandela left Manhattan.
Academic text (1990) -
30 miles from here, in Roseau, do you know Roseau?
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30 miles from here, in Roseau, do you know Roseau?
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A similar zone exists in Roseau, Dominica.
Academic text (1993) -
She died in 1923 in Roseau
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In the Roseau Saturday market, I bought spicy blood pudding and ate it standing up in a little bar in the market's arcade.
Academic text (1990) -
Tourists flock to Roseau to explore its rich history and beautiful architecture.
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As the largest city in Dominica, Roseau serves as the main hub for commerce and tourism.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Roseau comes from the French word roseau, which means 'reed'. The town was named for the tall reeds along the river, so the capital's name reminds you of those plants.