Rosa

Rosa is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese name. The name Rosa is derived from the Latin and botanic name of the flowering shrub Rose, and also refers to the color pink in many Indo-European languages.

Rosa could also refer to:

People

Places

223 Rosa, an asteroid
Rosa, Alabama, United States
Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, Germany
Rösa, a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Rosà a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Monte Rosa, the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe

Botany

Rosa (plant), the Latin name of the rose genus
List of Rosa species

Storms

Hurricane Rosa, the name "Rosa" has been used for storms in the Eastern Pacific and Australian region.

As an acronym

ROSA, a surgical robot
RCA open-source application
Romanian Space Agency
Record of School Achievement (RoSA), an Australian education qualification

Brands

USS Rosa (SP-757), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
Rosa (barge), a hotel barge
Mitsubishi Fuso Rosa, a bus built by Mitsubishi Fuso
De Rosa (bicycles), a bicycle manufacturing company

Film and television

Rosa Filmes, a Portuguese motion picture production and distribution company
Rosa (1986 film), a Hong Kong film released by Bo Ho Films
Rosa – A Horse Drama, a 1993-94 opera by Louis Andriessen on a libretto by Peter Greenaway
"Rosa" (Doctor Who), an episode of the eleventh series of Doctor Who

Music

De Rosa (band), a band from Scotland
"Rosa", a song by Jacques Brel
"Rosa", a song by Dimitris Mitropanos
Surfer Rosa, an album by Pixies