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Rosaʹna

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Daughter of the Queen of Armenia. She aided the three sons of St. George to quench the seven lamps of the Knight of the Black Castle. (The Seven Champions of Christendom, ii. 8–9.) (See Lamps.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Roquelaure
Rory OMore
Ros-crana
Rosa (Salvator)
Rosabelle
Rosalia or St. Rosalie
Rosalind
Rosalinde
Rosaline
Rosamond (Fair)
Rosana
Rosary [the rose article]
Rosciad
Roscius
Rose
Rose
Rose
Rose (in Christian art)
Rose for Rose-noble
Rose Sunday
Rose of Jericho

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