Rossellini

[ raw-suh-lee-nee, ros-uh-; Italian raws-sel-lee-nee ]

/ ˌrɔ səˈli ni, ˌrɒs ə-; Italian ˌrɔs sɛlˈli ni /

noun

Ro·ber·to

[ruh-bair-toh; Italian raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ; Italian rɔˈbɛr tɔ/, 1906–77, Italian motion-picture director.

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Examples from the Web for rossellini

Due to the backlash, Bergman fled the United States for Italy, where she later divorced Lindström and married Rossellini.
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Rossellini enthusiastically acts out various sex acts while costumed as an earthworm, a spider, a bee, and other invertebrates.
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One such family had the name of Gambarelli, but were known in art as the Rossellini.
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British Dictionary definitions for rossellini

Rossellini

/ (rɒsəˈliːnɪ) /

noun

Roberto . 1906–77, Italian film director. His films include Rome, Open City (1945), Paisà (1946), and L'Amore (1948)

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