American English pronunciation
How to pronounce ross
IPA transcription: ['ɹɑs]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɹɑs]['ɹɔs]
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Noun
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Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
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British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
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British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
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a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
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American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
Usage examples
- The Harriston Curling Club competes across Ontario.
- Genoese crossbowmen also managed to successfully board and capture two English ships.
- They had various secret bases across the globe.
- Across the pond.
- To no surprise, the equator indeed crosses Ecuador.
- Windows applications work to various degrees in CrossOver.
- The westbound Atlantic crossing carried an expanded crew including a shore party.
- These edges are said to cross the cut.
- It is widespread across much of North America, Europe and Asia.
- Another suggestion was "nix" because the community was "nothing but a crossroads".