What is "roosevelt"

the family in America originally bore the name Van Roosevelt, "of the field of roses," descriptive of their estates in Holland. Claes Martenszen Van Rosenvelt, born August 1649, emigrated to New Amsterdam. His son (1653) and all his descendants dropped the "Van." Related: Rooseveltian.

Roosevelt commonly refers to:

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th President of the United States
• Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady
• Roosevelt family, for the lineage of the American political family
• Roosevelt (surname), includes the history and coats of arms of the various families

Roosevelt may also refer to:

The name Roosevelt is an American surname originally derived from the Dutch place-name spelled variously as Van Rosevelt or Van Rosenvelt, meaning "from rose field" or "of a rose field." The most famous bearers of this name come from the Roosevelt family, a merchant and political family descended from the 17th-century immigrant to New Netherland Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt.

Roosevelt is a Tren Urbano rapid transit station in the Hato Rey financial district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station opened on December 17, 2004. The station features a mural composed of tile as a work of public art entitled Encuentros Fugaces by the artist Susana Espinosa.

Roosevelt was a sailor from France, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. Roosevelt as helmsman, did not start in first race of the 0.5 to 1 ton and did not finished in the second race. He did this with the boat Verveine.

Roosevelt was a brand of American automobile that was manufactured by the Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, during the 1929 and 1930 model years.

The Roosevelt was named after President Theodore Roosevelt and designed to be priced as an "affordable" automobile. The Roosevelt was the first automobile in America with a straight-eight engine to be priced under $1,000, with the sedan and coupe selling for $995.

Although the Roosevelt name did not appear for the 1931 range of Marmon models, the car was refined into the new Model 70 Marmon.

One of the unique features of the 29 Roosevelt was the horn button. It served 3 purposes. Push down and it would honk, pull up and it was the starter, and turn it, to turn the head lights on and off. It also had a cameo of Theodore Roosevelt, black and white, on the front top middle of the radiator.

The Roosevelt tree is the largest giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Redwood Mountain Grove, which is itself the largest grove of giant sequoias on Earth, which are endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California. .

It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Forest, at .

The tallest giant sequoia on earth is also located in this grove, along with the Hart tree which is just smaller than the Roosevelt tree. The Hart tree is tall, with a volume of . The Roosevelt tree however has a volume of around .

The tree is the 21st largest giant sequoia.

Roosevelt (born Marius Lauber, September 1990) is a singer, songwriter and producer from Cologne, Germany. He is signed to Greco-Roman.