The Monte Rosa Massif (Italian: Massiccio del Monte Rosa; German: Monte Rosa Gruppe; French: Massif du Mont Rose) is a mountain massif located in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps. It is located between Switzerland (Valais) and Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley). Monte Rosa is the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe.
Its name is said to derive not from the Italian "rosa" ("pink") colour, as many think, but from a Franco-Provençal term meaning "glacier", variously spelled as rouese, rouja or roisa.
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