Italian

Proper noun

Rosalia f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Rosalie.

Anagrams

• salario

English

Noun

rosalia ‎(plural rosalias)

1. (music) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half-step higher; a melodic sequence.

Latin

Etymology

From rosāles [escae] ("an annual feast when tombs were adorned with rose garlands"), from rosa ‎(“rose”).

Noun

rosalia

1. ceremony of hanging up the garlands of roses

Descendants

• Albanian: rshajë
• Romanian: rozalii

References

• ROSALIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)