• Quelle www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/3921/1/jssisiVolXII263_294.pdf
  ROSS, ROS. -Ross and Ros are either from the Irish rosy "a promontory" or "isthmus," or rós, "a grove" or "wood," as Rossbane, ros ban, "white grove." There are 58 Townlands named Ross, and over 330 where Ross or Ros is the initial syllable of the name. The word ros, "a promontory," occurs also in the Gaelic of Scotland, as Rossdhu, " black promontory " (Dumbartonshire).

• Quelle Buck: Roß, häufig Roßberg, Roßhimmel usw. kelt. rocca, frz. roche, Fels Klippe

• rhos celt. = Wald quasi zweisprachig keltisch ros und römische holz

• Querverweis, siehe dazu auch Ros, Rhos = kelt. Wald unter Ortsnamen