Roch
name
name ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Irwell.
- 2 A village in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8721).
Example
More examples"Burkina Faso’s reelected President Roch Kabore has appointed a minister for national reconciliation as part of a vow to end the country’s ethnic and political conflicts that are fueling terrorism."
Etymology
From Middle English Rechedham, from Old English Reċedhām, of Brythonic origin, from the intensive Proto-Brythonic prefix *ar- + *koɨd (“wood”), meaning "river opposite of the wood." More at Roch.
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