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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Roswellnoun

    a town in southeast New Mexico

Wiktionary

  1. Roswellnoun

    A town in New Mexico, known for conspiracy theories that its Roswell Army Air Field has recovered UFOs and extraterrestrials.

  2. Roswellnoun

    The most significant ufological event of a region.

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  1. roswell

    Roswell usually refers to a city located in southeastern New Mexico, in the United States. It is most famous for the 1947 "Roswell Incident," regarding claims of an alleged UFO crash site and subsequent military cover-up. Roswell is also home to the New Mexico Military Institute and the International UFO Museum and Research Center.

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  1. Roswell

    Roswell is a city in, and the county seat of, Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,366 at the 2010 census. It is a center for irrigation farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. It is also the home of New Mexico Military Institute, founded in 1891. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles northeast of the city on the Pecos River. Bottomless Lakes State Park is located twelve miles east of Roswell on US 380. Roswell is most popularly known for having its name attached to what is now called the 1947 Roswell UFO incident, even though the crash site of the alleged UFO was some 75 miles from Roswell and closer to Corona. The investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROSWELL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Roswell is ranked #38582 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Roswell surname appeared 573 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Roswell.

    86.5% or 496 total occurrences were White.
    9% or 52 total occurrences were Black.
    1.9% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.8% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Roswell in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Roswell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Roswell in a Sentence

  1. Barack Obama:

    No one is happier—no one is prouder—to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald, and that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter: Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?

  2. President Barack Obama:

    No one is happier -- no one is prouder -- to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald, and that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter: Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?

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