Barbarossa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Barbarossa, from barba (“beard”) + rossa (“red”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊsə

Proper noun

Barbarossa

  1. A surname from Italian.
    David Barbarossa
    Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa
  2. An epithet or nickname applied to certain historical characters.
    Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor 1122–1190)
  3. (historical) Operation Barbarossa: the 1941 Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, named after the emperor.

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See also

Italian

Etymology

A nickname, from barba (“beard”) +‎ rossa (“red”).

Proper noun

Barbarossa m or f by sense

  1. a surname
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