Rosetta
geographical name
Ro·set·ta
rō-ˈze-tə 
variants
or Arabic Rashīd
or ancient Bolbitine
1
river 146 miles (235 kilometers) long in northern Egypt forming the western branch of the Nile River in its delta
2
city in northern Egypt on the Rosetta River near where the Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 population 69,000
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“Rosetta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rosetta. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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