Associations to the word «Barbarossa»

Wiktionary

BARBAROSSA, proper noun. A nickname of several historical characters
BARBAROSSA, proper noun. Operation Barbarossa: The nickname of the 1941 Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II.

Dictionary definition

BARBAROSSA, noun. Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190).
BARBAROSSA, noun. Barbary pirate (died in 1546).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley